Electronic cigarettes, commonly known as “e-cigarettes”, are battery-powered products that release a visible vapour that contains liquid nicotine that is inhaled by the user. E-cigarettes fall outside the scope of the smoke-free legislation.
While some employers may allow employees to use e-cigarettes in the workplace, many will prefer to ban them, typically in their smoking policy, and inform employees that their use will result in disciplinary action.
Workplace habits, including vaping breaks, can make it difficult for employees to overcome nicotine addiction. By using the forthcoming vaping...
As many as one million adults in England who have never regularly smoked now vape, according to a new study....
Vaping can cause as much damage to young people’s lungs as smoking, research has suggested.
The study by a team...
Doctors are urging the government to get tough on what they are calling the “growing epidemic” of vaping in the...
Study suggests smoking-related deaths can be reduced if people attending lung cancer screening are offered stop-smoking support.
Giving out free e-cigarette ‘starter packs’ in hospital emergency departments to people who smoke can help them quit, a study has concluded.
A study has been launched to measure the long-term impact of vaping on the body’s cardiovascular system.
Researchers at Manchester...
One million smokers are to be encouraged by the government to swap cigarettes for vaping under a new “swap to...
The government is almost a decade behind achieving its target for England to be smoke free by 2030, a leading cancer charity has warned.
E-cigarettes and vaping help people to quit smoking better than traditional nicotine-replacement therapies, research has suggested.
People who vape can experience “worrisome” changes in their blood pressure and heart rate immediately afterwards, research from the US...
Thousands of people in England are not getting the personalised support they need to quit smoking, a study has suggested.
More than half of smokers are ‘stress smoking’ or smoking more because of extra strain brought on by the Covid-19...
One in five women and one in eight men screened positive for a possible eating disorder in 2019, recently published...
On 1 July 2007, England introduced a ban on smoking in enclosed public places, including most workplaces. Ten years on,...
