Smoking: Vaping - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:38 pm on 19 December 2017.

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Photo of Lord Rennard Lord Rennard Liberal Democrat 2:38, 19 December 2017

My Lords, vaping has proved an effective way for many people to give up smoking tobacco—but there are, of course, no inherent health benefits in taking up vaping if one is not already addicted to nicotine. Does the Minister agree that we should seek regulations that allow the promotion of vaping solely as an alternative to smoking tobacco, and not something that people not already addicted to nicotine should be encouraged to take up? Can he tell us when Public Health England will publish its report on e-cigarettes, which was due in 2017?