The UK government must take further action to promote vaping products and accelerate the path to prescribed e-cigarettes if it wants to achieve its 2030 smoke-free ambition for England, according to an independent tobacco review published today, 9th June.
The report, led by former Barnardo’s chief executive Javed Khan and commissioned by the UK secretary of state for health and social care, provides some recommendations to the government to achieve a smoke-free society, including offering vaping as a substitute for smoking, providing accurate information to healthcare professionals on its benefits, and allowing suppliers of vapour products to make reduced-risk claims.