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850271

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has assessed the effect of vaping on second-hand smoke inhalers; and what steps his Department is considering to tackle those potential effects.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	129839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) published its most recent evidence review on e-cigarettes and novel tobacco products on 6 February this year. PHE concluded that “to date there have been no identified health risks of passive vaping to bystanders.”</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work with 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> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2018 14:59:10 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

802144

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of number of adults annually giving up smoking as a result of vaping; and whether there has been an increase in the number of adults giving up smoking since vaping became more common practice.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	117831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published data on e-cigarette use in England annually since 2014. Data is published at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/datasets/ecigaretteuseinengland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/healthandlifeexpectancies/datasets/ecigaretteuseinengland</a></p><p>The statistics show that in 2014 there was a total of 1.6 million e-cigarette users with 0.6 million of those ex-cigarette smokers. In 2016 e-cigarette use had increased to 2.4 million users, with 1.3 million of those ex-cigarette smokers. Smoking prevalence in England is currently at 15.5%, the lowest it has ever been.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2017 17:38:30 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

710548

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken by (a) his Department, (b) the Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (c) Public Health England to encourage research into the use of e-cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Kevin Barron
uin	67483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with Public Health England (PHE) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to encourage research into the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and monitor the emerging evidence.</p><p>PHE’s next updated evidence report on e-cigarettes is expected to be published before the end of the 2017. In addition to the publication of an evidence review, PHE have partnered with Cancer Research UK and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies to develop a forum that brings together policy makers, researchers, practitioners and the non-governmental organisation representatives to discuss the emerging evidence, identify research priorities and generate ideas for new research projects, thereby enhancing collaboration between forum participants.</p><p>The MHRA will continue to undertake market surveillance of e-cigarettes as part of their role as the Competent Authority, feeding back any intelligence to the Department and PHE.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 67667 question first answered 21/03/2017 10:09:56 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	392 label Biography information for Sir Kevin Barron

707562

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Prior of Brampton on 4 July 2016 (HL Deb, col 1828) giving a commitment "to commissioning Public Health England to update its evidence report on e-cigarettes annually until the end of this Parliament", when the updated evidence report will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) next updated evidence report on e-cigarettes is expected to be published before the end of the 2017.</p><p>In addition to the publication of an evidence review, PHE have partnered with Cancer Research UK and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies to develop a forum that brings together policy makers, researchers, practitioners and the non-governmental organisation representatives to discuss the emerging evidence, identify research priorities and generate ideas for new research projects, thereby enhancing collaboration between forum participants.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority will continue to undertake market surveillance of e-cigarettes as part of their role as the Competent Authority, feeding back any intelligence to the Department and PHE.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/03/2017 12:15:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

707563

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Prior of Brampton on 14 September 2016 (HL Deb, col 1537) stating that the Government would continue to monitor and develop the evidence base for the regulation of e-cigarettes, what steps (1) Public Health England, and (2) the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, are taking to encourage research on e-cigarettes.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL5786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Public Health England’s (PHE) next updated evidence report on e-cigarettes is expected to be published before the end of the 2017.</p><p>In addition to the publication of an evidence review, PHE have partnered with Cancer Research UK and the UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies to develop a forum that brings together policy makers, researchers, practitioners and the non-governmental organisation representatives to discuss the emerging evidence, identify research priorities and generate ideas for new research projects, thereby enhancing collaboration between forum participants.</p><p>The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority will continue to undertake market surveillance of e-cigarettes as part of their role as the Competent Authority, feeding back any intelligence to the Department and PHE.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 13/03/2017 13:15:09 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

685923

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the UCL report <i>Nicotine, Carcinogen, and Toxin Exposure in Long-Term E-Cigarette and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Users: A Cross-sectional Study</i> which found that people who switch to vaping have 97.5 per cent lower levels of NNA in their system, whether they will encourage people to switch from smoking cigarettes to vaping.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been and continues to be clear that vaping is substantially less harmful than continuing to smoke, and that the best thing a smoker can do for their heath is to stop smoking completely. This study supports the Government’s policy approach, demonstrating that to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals significantly, those smokers who chose to vape should substitute smoking with vaping entirely.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5327 question first answered 16/02/2017 14:27:53 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

685924

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the UCL report <i>Nicotine, Carcinogen, and Toxin Exposure in Long-Term E-Cigarette and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Users: A Cross-sectional Study </i>that vaping is much safer than smoking cigarettes and can help people switch from cigarette smoking.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been and continues to be clear that vaping is substantially less harmful than continuing to smoke, and that the best thing a smoker can do for their heath is to stop smoking completely. This study supports the Government’s policy approach, demonstrating that to reduce exposure to harmful chemicals significantly, those smokers who chose to vape should substitute smoking with vaping entirely.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL5326 question first answered 16/02/2017 14:27:54 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

674472

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that any research findings on the potentially detrimental effects of using electronic cigarettes is taken into account in NHS policy on use of those cigarettes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	60476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has taken a precautionary approach and actively put in place measures to prevent initiation of e-cigarette use by children. These include legislation to restrict age of sale, proxy purchase and the advertising of e-cigarettes. In addition, the use of e-cigarettes is regularly monitored. To date, data shows no significant level of regular use in children.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has published the guidance ‘Use of e-cigarettes in public places and workplaces’ which can be used locally by the National Health Service to set their policy on the use of e-cigarettes. This advice takes into account the current evidence on these products. The evidence base is kept under regular review as new data becomes available.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 60489 question first answered 20/01/2017 11:45:41 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

659596

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the increased use of vaping and the decline in the number of people accessing NHS stop smoking services.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	Mr David Nuttall
uin	57813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/12/2016 09:31:10 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4140 label Biography information for Mr David Nuttall

634113

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of those who use electronic cigarettes returning to smoking tobacco.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	52637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Using electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is likely to be considerably less harmful to health than continuing to smoke. However, we have insufficient evidence on any residual health harms associated with long term use, and the numbers of users that relapse to smoking, to make an estimate on the impact of their use on National Health Service costs.</p><p> </p><p>The surveys that are undertaken often capture use at one point in time and we know that smokers often make repeated attempts to quit, using a variety of mechanisms to support them before success. E-cigarettes can help some smokers to quit for good and is currently the most popular quitting aid in England. Action for Smoking and Health data (May 2016) estimates that of the 2.8 million current users, around 1.3 million are ex-smokers, i.e. e-cigarette users who only vape. That is an increase from 2014 when around one third of users were ex-smokers.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 52584 question first answered 16/11/2016 14:14:49 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith