Handing out vapes in A&E helps smokers quit
March 27, 2024 by uea.ac.uk
Handing out vapes in A&E helps smokers quit
Giving out free e-cigarette starter packs in hospital emergency departments to people who smoke helps more people quit – according to research from the University of East Anglia. The trial, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), offered advice, an e-cigarette starter pack and referral to stop smoking services to people attending A&E for any reason, to help them to stop smoking. Six months later, almost one in four people given the starter packs said they had quit smoking. And those who received the packs but didn’t quit altogether, were more likely to have reduced the number of cigarettes they smoked.
March 27, 2024 by bbc.com
Free vapes given out in A&E could save 'thousands of lives'
Handing out free vapes to smokers in A&E departments could "save thousands of lives",…
12.90% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 7.2 million current smokers in United Kingdom 14.60% of men are current smokers but only 11.20% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
