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<p>The Department has been clear that for smokers, quitting smoking completely is
the best way to improve health. E-cigarettes are not risk free. However evidence continues
to suggest that e-cigarettes are significantly less harmful to health than cigarettes
and can aid in helping smokers to quit.</p><p> </p><p>Given that e-cigarettes are
a relatively new product, there is no long term data available regarding the impact
on mortality rates of smokers who opt to move to vaping as an alternative.</p><p>
</p><p>The Department will continue to work with Public Health England (PHE) to monitor
the evidence base around e-cigarettes. In the Tobacco Control Plan, published in July
2017, PHE committed to update their evidence report on e-cigarettes and other novel
nicotine delivery systems annually until the end of the Parliament in 2022.</p>
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