Smoking: Health Services
(asked on 1st September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using digital technology to support access to stop smoking services.
This question was answered on 8th September 2023
There is some evidence that digital health interventions can help people to stop smoking.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guidelines in October 2020 recommending that digital interventions can be used as an option to support existing stop smoking services. Further details are available at the following link:
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng183/chapter/Recommendations#smoking