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Smoking cessation for Young People

Stop smoking treatments – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

Use of e-cigarettes:

Young people should use a licensed nicotine-containing product when attempting a harm reduction approach.

If the person prefers to use e-cigarettes

E-cigarettes can be used to deliver some of the nicotine that the person would have otherwise received from regularly smoking cigarettes.

Some people find e-cigarettes can help them stop smoking or cut down the number of cigarettes they smoke or with temporary abstinence.

E-cigarettes cannot currently be prescribed or supplied by smoking cessation clinics.

The quality and safety of e-cigarettes cannot be assured (for example the ingredients, or how much nicotine they contain).

Although e-cigarettes are not risk free, using these is thought to be around 95% less harmful to health than smoking. However, the long-term risks are unknown, but these are likely to be much smaller than the risks of smoking.

They can still receive support and advice from a smoking cessation clinic and recommend that they do this to give themselves the best chance of quitting.

Contact Stop Smoking London digital and telephone support 

– 0300 123 1044 (7