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=='''National Health Service Scotland:'''== | =='''National Health Service Scotland:'''== | ||
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'''<span></span>'''“[http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1576/e-cigarettes-consensus-statement_sep-2017.pdf Smoking kills. Helping people to stop smoking completely is our priority. …There is now agreement based on the current evidence that vaping e-cigarettes is definitely less harmful than smoking tobacco.]” | '''<span></span>'''“[http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1576/e-cigarettes-consensus-statement_sep-2017.pdf Smoking kills. Helping people to stop smoking completely is our priority. …There is now agreement based on the current evidence that vaping e-cigarettes is definitely less harmful than smoking tobacco.]” | ||
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=='''Health Service Executive Ireland'''== | =='''Health Service Executive Ireland'''== | ||
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“[https://www.medicalindependent.ie/to-vape-or-not-to-vape/ The HSE cannot recommend e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid], as they are not currently regulated or approved in Ireland for that purpose. However, for those unable or unwilling to stop using nicotine, using e-cigarettes (also known as ‘vaping’) is generally regarded as less harmful than smoking tobacco. We recommend that smokers trying to quit smoking by using e-cigarettes do so in combination with approved supports." | “[https://www.medicalindependent.ie/to-vape-or-not-to-vape/ The HSE cannot recommend e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid], as they are not currently regulated or approved in Ireland for that purpose. However, for those unable or unwilling to stop using nicotine, using e-cigarettes (also known as ‘vaping’) is generally regarded as less harmful than smoking tobacco. We recommend that smokers trying to quit smoking by using e-cigarettes do so in combination with approved supports." | ||
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