Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS support is available for people wanting to give up vaping.

Vaping can be an effective tool for adult smokers to quit smoking. However, the health advice is clear: if you don’t smoke, don’t vape, and children should never vape. The NHS Better Health website provides advice for people who want to quit vaping. Local stop smoking services can also provide resources to support children and adult vapers to quit, through funding from the public health grant. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/quit-smoking/vaping-to-quit-smoking/

In addition, the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training has produced guidance for local Stop Smoking Service staff on how best to support vapers to quit. We are also exploring further ways to support people to quit vaping, as part of the national Swap to Stop programme. The guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.ncsct.co.uk/publications/Support_stop_vaping