Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 78725

Smoking

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to educate consumers about less harmful alternatives to smoking.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The health advice is clear that whilst vapes are less harmful than smoking and can be an effective quit aid for adult smokers, children and adult non-smokers should never vape. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has been carefully designed to get this balance rig...
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