According to the Opinion & Lifestyle Survey, the smoking rate among people aged 16 or older in Great Britain fell from 12.7% to 9.1% between 2021 and 2024
"Retailers need support to diversify away from selling a lethal, addictive product that Scotland is committed to putting out of sight, out of mind and completely out of fashion." The team examined maternity records - which include details of expectant mothers' smoking behaviour - for the more than 700,000 births in Scotland between 2000 and 2015
Support for smoke-free policies has also weakened
Weve ended up with this very wild west sort of market, where were keeping out the legitimate players Carl Phillips, an epidemiologist and former professor at the University of Alberta, where he researched tobacco harm-reduction, says there is plenty of evidence showing that e-cigarettes are 99% less harmful than smoking. At least 25 studies over the years examined the chemical effects of e-cigarettes, and we do know enough to be confident that they are low risk, he says
Overdose will depend on the amount of substance ingested and how it affects that individual