N-ZELANDE: E-cigarettes distributed to smokers in hospital

N-ZELANDE: E-cigarettes distributed to smokers in hospital

So evenEven as bans and incriminating studies are multiplying against vaping, some establishments are taking decisions in favor of public health. This is the case of Whanganui District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand which will distribute free e-cigarette kits to help smokers end this deadly addiction.


NEW ZEALAND FOLLOWS THE ENGLISH EXAMPLE!


In New Zealand, the Whanganui District Health Board (DHB) has just announced that its hospital is now non-smoking. To provide balance and a solution to this ban, he also announced that patients would be provided with free e-cigarettes and encouraged to use them in the mental health ward of Te Awhina.

The DHB assumes its proximity to the discourse of Public Health England (PHE) and said vaping is 95% less harmful than cigarettes. " We have a comprehensive quitting process in place and disposable e-cigarettes are offered to aid in the quitting process“, wrote a representative.

This is a significant victory for the rights of patients and nicotine users in New Zealand, which now joins the UK in bringing vaping products to people in hospital.

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