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Back to basics: the role of vaping in Britain Partner content
Health
By Stephen Rooney, UK Head of Government Affairs, Imperial Brands
Back to basics: the role of vaping in Britain
A new Action on Smoking and Health report shows how proposed restrictions on vapes are sending mixed messages and risks pushing those who are trying to quit smoking back towards tobacco
Tobacco and vape consultation: Will a new law prevent young people taking up smoking or vaping? Partner content
Social affairs
By The Federation of Independent Retailers
Tobacco and vape consultation: Will a new law prevent young people taking up smoking or vaping?
Sales of cigarettes and vapes to under 18s are already banned. Young people are likely to continue procuring them on the booming black market, unless there is thorough enforcement of legislation stemming from the consultation ‘Creating a smoke-free generation and tackling your vaping’, says Shahid Razzaq, National Vice President, The Federation of Independent Retailers
How to ensure vaping remains as a solution to Smokefree 2030 Partner content
Health
By BAT UK
How to ensure vaping remains as a solution to Smokefree 2030
Vaping is the key to unlocking the Government’s smoke free 2030 target, but regulations must be changed to ensure the good work is not undone.
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
Health
By Lord Young of Cookham
We need a polluter levy on tobacco firms to help smokers quit
I warmly endorse Javed Khan’s recommendations and particularly welcome his top priority, which is immediate and substantially increased funding for preventive measures to reduce the harm done by smoking.
The Treasury can't bail everyone out – let’s impose a levy on the tobacco industry instead
Health
By Steve Brine MP
The Treasury can't bail everyone out – let’s impose a levy on the tobacco industry instead
The past two years have laid bare underlying health disparities across the UK.
The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco Partner content
Health
By Betting and Gaming Council
The Government should treat betting like booze - not like tobacco
After more than a year of waiting for the outcome of the Gambling Review, and with the Government changing its ministers more times than Watford change football managers, it strikes me that the debate has boiled down to this: should betting be treated like tobacco, which is inherently and universally damaging to all, or should it be treated more like alcohol, something millions of people do and where the vast majority are able to enjoy it responsibly, but where sadly a small minority can have a problem and, in the most extreme and terrible cases, it can be an addiction?