Preventing Ill Health

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 3:22 pm on 31 January 2018.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 3:22, 31 January 2018

Last November, Cabinet Secretary, the British Medical Association published a new position paper on the use of e-cigarettes, and I quote what they stated:

'There are clear potential benefits to their use in reducing the substantial harms associated with smoking, and a growing consensus that they are significantly less harmful than tobacco use. With appropriate regulation, e-cigarettes have the potential to make an important contribution towards the BMA’s ambition to achieve a tobacco-free society, leading to substantially reduced mortality from tobacco-related disease.'

In view of this, Cabinet Secretary, what action are you going to take to promote the use of e-cigarettes in Wales as an alternative to tobacco smoking? Thank you.