Lambeth Council hopes its “stop smoking” drive will save mothers-to-be £2,000 a year – money it claims would otherwise be spent on maintaining tobacco habits.
Despite little research having been done into the safety of e-cigarettes during pregnancy, the local authority say they can help women quit smoking – which it claims causes thousands fall into poverty – for good.
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A number of stop smoking services are offering vaping as a smoking cessation tool. Government guidelines were updated at the end of September https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update-summary#:~:text=vaping%20prevalence%20(including%20occasional%20and,2021%20and%204.8%25%20in%202020)
Consensus is that vaping is better than smoking, though of course fresh air is better than vaping. It’s better to remove the cigarette toxins as a start to reduce the smoking at time of delivery numbers (which remain shocking) than not, especially as there are supply issues with prescription Champix and other Nicotine Replacement Therapies
*edit changed nhs guidelines to gov to reflect source
Wow great use of funds from Labour. And I thought it was just the Conservatives that were stupid, apparently not
vaping is great for public health but seems to be terrible for the environment. need to ban disposable ones asap
If I knew I could get the state as a customer I would have started a vape company.
If you smoke with a child inside you, you’re not ready for a child.
They’re funding this and I can’t get housing help as a disabled person in an abusive household. Nice.
Here’s an idea, don’t smoke or vape at all while pregnant.