To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the The Khan review: making smoking obsolete, published 9 June 2022, what assessment she has made for the implications for her Department's policies; and whether she will take steps to implement the recommendation to provide accurate information to healthcare professionals on the benefits of vaping in helping patients to stop smoking.
Answered on
31 October 2022
The Department is currently considering the recommendations made in ‘The Khan review: making smoking obsolete’, including those related to vaping. The evidence on the relative harms of vaping compared to smoking is addressed in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities’ ‘Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update summary’ published in September 2022, which is available at the following link:
We have recently published information on the benefits of smokers switching to vaping, which is available at the following link:
https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/vaping-to-quit-smoking
We are also exploring how to support healthcare professionals to provide accurate information on the benefits of switching to vaping.