Electronic Cigarettes
(asked on 3rd September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate potential savings to the NHS from more widespread use of e-cigarettes.
This question was answered on 8th September 2014
There is not yet enough evidence on the impact of e-cigarettes on tobacco smoking to make an estimate of their impact on National Health Service costs. Some research suggests they have the potential to reduce the harms of smoking by supporting attempts to quit, and while e-cigarettes are not risk free, they carry a lower risk to health than tobacco smoking.