Please read the following article link
https://www.nhs.uk/smokefree/help-and-advice/e-cigarettes
Currently E-cigarettes are not licenced to be prescribed on the NHS , despite growing evidence that e-cigarettes are a known, frequently used, and well established quit smoking aid, in society.
There is little evidence currently of the long term risks and effects long - term of use of e-cigarettes. However, it is recognised by NHS england that e-cigarettes are considered to be 95% safer than normal cigarettes , for those who currently smoke.
Smoking, is also considered to be a continual drain on the NHS, due to the well known disease prevelence and subsequent treatments associated with it.
What do you think?
Should e-cigarettes be licenced by NHS England, to be available on prescription, as a quit smoking aid, for those who wish to give up ?
It is proposed that E-cigarettes should be licenced by NHS England as a quit smoking aid, allowing them to be prescribed by health professionals.