Martin Dockrell, the Tobacco Control Lead for Public Health England, disagrees: The data that shows that vaping is an effective way to quit was reviewed in Vaping in England: an evidence update including vaping for smoking cessation, February 2021. Three systematic reviews consistently found vaping products containing nicotine were significantly more effective for helping people stop smoking than NRT
It is seen as a tax with two purposes, to discourage smoking and raise money for the exchequer
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