Today the Science and Technology Committee of the House of Commons launched an inquiry into vaping products. In a wide ranging inquiry, the Committee will be investigating the health, regulation and financial impact of vaping products.
Here’s our reaction:
“We absolutely welcome this Inquiry by the Science and Technology Committee, and we are pleased that vaping is attracting so much attention inside Parliament.
“With Public Health England recently endorsing vaping products in their Stoptober campaign, and the Royal College of Physicians, Cancer Research UK and the Royal Society of Public Health backing e-cigarettes as well, the evidence base for vaping is growing and growing.
“This will be an excellent opportunity to robustly interrogate the science behind e-cigarettes, and firmly establish vaping as the best way to change the lives of smokers in the UK.”
Mark Pawsey, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on E-cigarettes, also commented on the Inquiry:
“I am pleased that my colleagues in Parliament are showing an interest in vaping, as the All Party Parliamentary Group on E-cigarettes will be shortly releasing our first report on the impact of this technology on the nation’s health as well.
“I look forward to a strong examination of e-cigarettes and their effectiveness as a smoking cessation tool, as I believe vaping could represent a huge public health opportunity for this country.”
You can see both the UKVIA’s and Mark Pawsey’s statement in the Evening Standard here.
We look forwards to engaging with the Committee going forward, and will publish our written submission to the Inquiry here once finalised.