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E Cigarettes to be Prescribed by the NHS

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E Cigarettes to be Prescribed by the NHS

In 2015 the BBC news reported that electronic cigarettes are 95% safer than tobacco cigarettes http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33978603 The BBC also reported that GP’s were unable to prescribe them on the NHS at that time.

 

Since then in 2016, the UK medicines regulator, the MHRA, have issued a licence which enables electronic cigarettes to be prescribed by the NHS and marketed as a smoking cessation product. This will enable doctors to prescribe a brand of e cigarettes to smokers through the NHS, as reported in the Sunday Times http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/health/news/article4531500.ece

 

For a larger variety of electronic cigarette or e liquid products, have a browse of the Vapour Days store online or visit the Bristol electronic cigarette shop on the Middle Floor of the Galleries Shopping Centre.

Smoking Will Be Banned While Driving…

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Smoking Will Be Banned While Driving…

Recent press releases forewarn that smokers will be banned from smoking while driving in the UK from 1 October 2015 when children are in the car as passengers. Reasons cited were that a third of people in a survey stated that smoking was one of their biggest distractions while driving, with research finding that smoking behind the wheel increases the risk of accident by 150%. Furthermore, the effects of children passively smoking while in the car has been called to be reduced.

The fine for smoking while driving will be £50. The vote for the law was passed by an MP vote of 342 for and only 74 against.

 

Read the Articles

The ITV documentary report can be found on the following link http://www.itv.com/news/2015-02-22/a-third-of-drivers-unaware-of-upcoming-car-smoking-ban/

The same story is reported by the BBC in the following article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31310685

Smoking Rots The Body- BBC News

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Smoking rots the body a BBC production has documented how smoking rots the body from the inside. This includes not only the smoker themselves but any surrounding people passively smoking.

Professor Fenton, National Director for Health and Wellbeing for PHE, explained that “Much of the harm caused by smoking doesn’t become obvious until middle age but the invisible damage can start shockingly early – even by the late teens.”

To watch the news report or read the article follow this link BBC News – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30591236

The news campaign highlights the serious damage smoking causes. Anybody considering electronic cigarettes as a healthier alternative to smoking should look no further. Visit the Vapour Days Bristol store now on the middle floor of the Galleries Shopping Centre.

Alternatively you can shop online – http://www.vapourdays.co.uk/shop/

BBC News – Why Do People Start Vaping?

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BBC Findings

Recent BBC News can be found on the following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30192181

The ONS found that electronic cigarettes are almost entirely used by former or current smokers. That means any fears people had of it becoming a fashion or new habit for people are unfounded. In fact, only 0.14% of vapers had never smoked before.

The BBC also found that more smokers have quit smoking, which is great news! The majority of those trying electronic cigarettes are doing it to help them quit smoking.