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Nottingham hospitals becomes first in England to lift vaping ban
This entry was posted on 19th May 2016 by twus.

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Nottingham University Hospitals - NHS Trust have changed their vaping policy to allow vaping on hospital grounds.


Until this new ruling came into force, vaping was regulated as tobacco smoking and was strictly prohibited.

Dr Stephen Fowlie, medical director at Nottingham University Hospitals - NHS trust said: "We have a duty to help our patients and staff make healthy life choices, and can't ignore the potential benefits of electronic cigarettes as a nicotine replacement therapy. We're now allowing e-cigarettes on our grounds to give our patients, staff and visitors more choice in how they quit smoking."

The Nottingham post write about this positive change for vapers and also quote Professor John Britton, director of the UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies and respiratory consultant at NUH, who said: "Helping smokers to quit is one of the most effective things that NUH can do to improve the health of patients.

"We need to encourage all patients and visitors who smoke and find it difficult to abstain while in hospital grounds to use medicinal nicotine, or an electronic cigarette. Approving the use of electronic cigarettes is an important step towards achieving completely smoke free hospitals in Nottingham."
 
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