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Half of smokers attempting to quit smoking in Ireland do so unaided

HIQA commences public consultation examining cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions

HIQA’s latest health technology assessment (HTA) on smoking cessation will be the first in the world to include electronic cigarettes among the interventions examined.

Teenagers who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try the real thing a year later than those who don’t ‘vape’, indicates research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

HIQA has commenced a new health technology assessment (HTA) of smoking cessation interventions, which the Authority has confirmed to Irish Medical Times will include an examination of e-cigarettes.

HIQA has commenced a new health technology assessment (HTA) of smoking cessation interventions, which the Authority has confirmed to Irish Medical Times will include an examination of e-cigarettes.

The last things Dr Ruairi Hanley wants are to pay for breakfast with Minister Leo Varadkar, and for patients to pay with their lives over the failure to support vaping and e-cigarettes.

A new UK study has revealed that more 10- to 11-year-olds have tried e-cigarettes compared to standard tobacco.

A Bill to regulate the sale and marketing of electronic cigarettes, published by Fianna Fáil Senator Averil Power and Independent Senator Prof John Crown, is not the right approach to take if we want to address the core problem of tobacco-related deaths, argues Dr Ruairi Hanley.

The Department of Health has announced a process of public consultation on legislation in relation to the sale of tobacco products and non-medicinal nicotine delivery systems, including e-cigarettes.