United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 183749
Electronic Cigarettes: Sales
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3 May 2023
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10 May 2023 · Answer
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10 May 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) banning the sale of vaping devices and (b) providing vaping devices to active smokers.
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3 May 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) banning the sale of vaping devices and (b) providing vaping devices to active smokers.
Source: Commons
10 May 2023
Answer
We have no current plans to make an assessment. There is clear evidence that vapes are substantially less harmful to health than smoking and are an effective tool to help smokers to quit. On 11 April 2023, we announced a new national swap to stop scheme o...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-05-03/183749
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1625747
- uk · wq-1625747 · source updated 10 May 2023