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health than those who don’t smoke, and they will have a one in
two chance of dying prematurely, by an average of 10 years, as
a direct result of their smoking.
“Smoking is therefore the largest single contributor to health
inequalities as well as remaining the largest single cause of
preventable mortality and morbidity in England.
“Moving forward, it is therefore important to maintain and
enhance England’s comprehensive tobacco control strategy
in order to mo tivate and support all smokers in society to stop
smoking as quickly as possible, and prevent the recruitment of
new smokers.
“All experts agree that a well-resourced comprehensive strategy,
involving cessation, prevention and harm reduction should make
the goal of a smoke-free society in England quickly achievable.”
The report goes on to explain that e-cigarettes can be very
useful when it comes to helping people quit smoking.
The report says: “Smoking is increasingly concentrated in
disadvantaged groups who tend to be more dependent. EC
potentially offer a wide reach, low-cost, intervention to reduce
smoking and improve health in disadvantaged groups.
“Recent studies support…findings that electronic cigarettes
can help people to quit smoking and reduce their cigarette
consumption.
“There is also evidence that electronic cigarettes can encourage
quitting or cigarette consumption reduction even among those
not intending to quit or rejecting other support.”
In a section called ‘Reasons for using e-cigarettes’ the report
says that wanting to quit smoking and harm reduction were the
top reason given by adult e-cigarette users.
With regards to labelling of e-liquids and the delivery of nicotine
via e-cigarettes the report said there were currently no concerns
about the labelling of nicotine content.
It said studies had found that poorly labelled e-liquid and
e-cartridges mostly contained less nicotine than declared so
there were no health implications of users inhaling more nicotine
than they thought and said: “Electronic cigarettes used as
intended poses no risk of nicotine poisoning to users, however,
e-liquids should be in ‘childproof’ packaging.
As the full report runs into more than 100 pages, it contains
much more information and data than can be reported here,
however it can be accessed free of charge from the Public
Health England website for those who want to know more.
“
Recent studies
support…
findings that
electronic
cigarettes can
help people to
quit smoking
and reduce
their cigarette
consumption.
”
VAPOUROUND MAGAZINE WINTER EDITION 11