This blog provides a snapshot of the latest edition of Health Matters, which focuses on the range of smoking quitting routes that are available and the evidence for their effectiveness. It also explores perceptions around nicotine and e-cigarette safety.
What role can e-cigarettes play in tobacco control? This is a complex question to answer, but it’s precisely because it’s complex that Public Health England needs to set out its position, informed by the best evidence we have to date. …
Smoking is England’s biggest killer, accounting for nearly 80,000 deaths each year as well as a heavy toll of illness. We have made great strides in recent years in driving down the number of people smoking – it is now …