E-cigarettes or vapes have been used by people to help them stop smoking for some time now.
It is important to use e-cigarettes that are compliant with EU and Scottish regulations, and purchase these from registered retailers.
Current evidence tells us that using e-cigarettes is significantly less harmful than smoking tobacco, but is not risk free.
If people use vapes or e-cigarettes as a complete replacement for smoking, they’ll almost certainly benefit their health. The benefit comes from stopping smoking, not using the e-cigarette. Therefore it’s best not to use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes, but stop smoking tobacco completely.
We provide an e-cigarette and vape friendly service – this means that although e-cigarettes cannot be provided on prescription, we will support you to stop smoking if you choose to use an e-cigarette or vape.
The effectiveness of using e-cigarettes compared with stop smoking medications is mixed.
Further information can be found at NHS inform and also NHS UK.
If you’re a parent or carer looking for further information and advice if your child vapes, visit Parent Club’s vaping page here.
We also support people to quit vaping. For an informal chat, feel free to contact us.