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Nottingham hospital trust lifts e-cigarette ban
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has become the first NHS hospital trust in England to allow the use on e-cigarettes on its grounds.
Up until now e-cigarettes faced the same blanket ban as all forms of tobacco, but patients will now be permitted to use them outside NUH buildings.
The decision was based on Public Health England (PHE) evidence that suggests e-cigarettes are 95 per cent safer than ‘traditional’ tobacco cigarettes and can help to reduce tobacco smoking.
Professor John Britton, director of the UK Centre for Tobacco & Alcohol Studies and Respiratory Consultant at NUH, said: "Helping smokers to quit is one of the most effective things that NUH can do to improve the health of patients.
"We need to encourage all patients and visitors who smoke and find it difficult to abstain while in hospital grounds to use medicinal nicotine, or an electronic cigarette. Approving the use of electronic cigarettes is an important step towards achieving completely smoke free hospitals in Nottingham."
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