Switching to vapes ‘could save NHS more than half a billion a year’, study says
August 08, 2023 by independent.co.uk
Switching to vapes ‘could save NHS more than half a billion a year’, study says
Half of England’s adult smokers making a switch to e-cigarettes could save the NHS more than £500 million per year, a study has claimed. Researchers at Brunel University London used data from NHS Digital, the Royal College of Physicians and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to identify the prevalence of smoking in each region. They found that between 2019 and 2021, 13.6% of people aged 18 and over in England smoked.
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
