9th Nov 2018
Nicotine Facts
When it comes to nicotine the media loves a sensationalist headline. Yes, there are downsides to nicotine, i.e if you drink it you could get really quite poorly but that said if you drink bleach the same applies and it’s rare to see bleach getting a
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30th Oct 2018
Budget 2018 Hits Smoking Hard
During the 2018 Autumn Budget yesterday Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a further increase in tobacco taxation, in line with the so-called tobacco escalator. This increase puts a hefty 24p on each pack of cigarettes (20 pack), making the ave
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12th Aug 2018
Vaping Helps 20k Smokers Quit Every Year
Despite numerous studies and public health campaigns to the contrary, many smokers still seem to be wary of vaping and not see the benefits of switching over from tobacco smoking to vaping. Recent figures show that two in five smokers haven’t tried u
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2nd Aug 2018
Further PHE Support for E Cigarettes
Public Health England have become quite the knight in shining armour where vaping is concerned over the past year or so. While the vaping community, researchers, charity groups and more all accept smoking as bad and vaping as much better some of the
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24th Jul 2018
Insurance Companies Lump Vaping with Smoking
Despite evidence to the contrary, some insurance companies are classifying vaping in the same way that they do tobacco smoking, considering it just as harmful. This means that you could end up paying as much as sixty percent more for life insurance i
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16th Jul 2018
Funding Cuts Smoking Cessation Support
Despite vaping working wonders for helping individuals to stop smoking, NHS support should not be being dialed back, and yet it is. We look at what is really happening to local cessation clinics and overall stop smoking support. A report
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