E-cigarette and vapouriser usage (health and wellbeing needs in South Tyneside)
Projected Need and Demand
- There are currently no projections, either locally or nationally, on the usage of vapourisers or electronic cigarettes, although there is increasing emphasis on promoting e cigarettes as an alternative to smoking.
- While the number of people using these devices has increased year-on-year growth has begun to slow.
- As the number of smokers has declined so has the number of accessing stop smoking services. There is no reason to believe that an increase in e-cigarette usage will lead to a rise in service engagement, it may lead to a further reduction in engagement.
