Contrary to the large-scale ban on electronic cigarettes in the United States, the United Kingdom believes that electronic cigarettes are excellent products that can effectively replace traditional cigarettes. And has been vigorously promoting electronic cigarettes.

According to the BBC, two of the largest medical institutions in the northern Birmingham area of ​​the UK have recently started selling e-cigarettes, calling e-cigarettes a “public health necessity” because “smoking (traditional) cigarettes kills them”.

It is understood that the two hospitals, Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, and Birmingham City Hospital, have opened e-cigarette stores operated by Ecigwizard, selling products such as Jubbly Bubbly and Wizard’s Leaf.

In order to promote the popularity of e-cigarettes, the two hospitals have set up special e-cigarette smoking areas respectively, and emphasized that smoking traditional cigarettes in the smoking areas will face a fine of 50 pounds or 62 dollars.

Dr David Carruthers, Medical Director of the Trust, said: “The Trust’s board and our clinical leaders are in agreement that smoking conventional cigarettes causes death. Given this simple fact, we no longer support smoking on our site, even if Is in a shelter or car. Every alternative is available, and we ask visitors and patients to work with us to implement these changes. Quitting smoking saves money and saves health. On our website, e-cigarettes are a public health necessity. “

A NHS survey found that in the year 2017-2018, more than 480,000 hospital admissions were attributed to smoking traditional cigarettes.

Figures released by the NHS this month show 77,800 people in the UK have died from illnesses linked to traditional smoking during this period.

According to NHS statistics, more than 14% of adults in the UK are smokers, and more than 6% of adults use e-cigarettes, double the number in 2014. Half of vaping users in the NHS study said they had switched to vaping.

An independent report on e-cigarettes, published last year by Public Health England, concluded that e-cigarettes were “only a fraction of the risks of smoking” and that switching entirely to e-cigarettes brought “substantial health benefits”. “.

According to the government’s plan, it aims to completely eliminate the people who smoke traditional cigarettes in the UK by 2030. It can be said that the e-cigarette industry in the UK has fully entered the fast lane.