{"id":88698,"date":"2018-08-22T19:30:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/"},"modified":"2018-08-22T19:30:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T19:30:50","slug":"british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/","title":{"rendered":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the habit \u2014 and are eyeing Brexit as the perfect opportunity to boost the industry.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/505-embargo.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ringing endorsement<\/a> of vaping, MPs in the U.K. parliaments science and technology committee said Friday that e-cigarettes are around 95 percent less harmful than traditional cigarettes and should be strongly promoted as an alternative, despite some uncertainties over the long-term health risks.<\/p>\n<p>The committee recommended the U.K. reduce taxes on e-cigarettes and allow vaping in places where smoking is banned, such as mental health treatment facilities \u2014 as well as loosen restrictions on advertising and labeling, which will become possible when Britain exits EU regulations governing tobacco products after March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Many big tobacco companies have already moved into selling e-cigarettes alongside traditional cigarettes. The electronic devices deliver a nicotine hit by heating a tank of liquid containing the addictive chemical to create a vapor that can be inhaled \u2014 meaning they dont contain as many cancer-causing substances as normal cigarettes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Public Health England estimates e-cigarettes could be contributing to 20,000 successful quits per year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEven if we dont know all of the long-term consequences \u2026 It is a known fact that 79,000 people die [of smoking in the U.K. each year],\u201d said Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb, who chairs the House of Commons committee. \u201cBeing equivocal about [e-cigarettes] results inevitably in fewer people switching, which guarantees that more people will die of smoking. Can we morally justify that given the known facts and given what the scientists are telling us about the relative harm?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committees stance is striking given the cautious approach being taken by politicians in other countries. Australia has banned e-cigarettes outright and the United States government has raised concerns about their <a href=\"http:\/\/nationalacademies.org\/hmd\/Reports\/2018\/public-health-consequences-of-e-cigarettes.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">long-term risks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov\/documents\/2016_sgr_full_report_non-508.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">attractiveness to kids<\/a>. The European Tobacco Products Directive limits the size, strength and advertising of e-cigarettes across EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>But U.K. health officials have been forging a path toward support for vaping since an independent review by Public Health England <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/733022\/Ecigarettes_an_evidence_update_A_report_commissioned_by_Public_Health_England_FINAL.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">determined<\/a> in 2015 that e-cigarettes are \u201caround 95 percent safer\u201d than traditional cigarettes. After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/business\/committees\/committees-a-z\/commons-select\/science-and-technology-committee\/inquiries\/parliament-2017\/e-cigarettes-17-19\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">10-month inquiry<\/a>, MPs concluded the scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports e-cigarette use for the sake of public health \u2014 even going as far as to suggest devices should be made available via prescription through the National Health Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe British health system is quite rightly being led by the evidence rather than knee-jerk reaction,\u201d said James Hargrave, a spokesperson for the U.K. Vaping Industry Association. \u201cOther countries are being overly cautious around the use of vaping products fearing that it might encourage more people into smoking, which there is no evidence to suggest at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee said Europes Tobacco Products Directive, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/guidance\/e-cigarettes-regulations-for-consumer-products\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">governed the sale of e-cigarettes in Britain<\/a> since 2016, is not evidence-based and has hindered the use of vaping as a safer alternative to carbon monoxide and tar-filled smokes. Around 2.9 million adults in the U.K. use e-cigarettes; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ons.gov.uk\/peoplepopulationandcommunity\/healthandsocialcare\/healthandlifeexpectancies\/bulletins\/adultsmokinghabitsingreatbritain\/2017\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">7.4 million<\/a> people smoke, with Public Health England estimating e-cigarettes could be contributing to 20,000 successful quits per year.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-828276968-714x476.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first e-cigarette was approved for sale in the U.K. in 2007 | Tolga Akmen\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Brexit wasnt happening the process would be to seek to influence the EU to review the evidence,\u201d Lamb said. But after the countrys exit from the bloc, \u201cobviously we are free to reach our own decisions on public health-related regulation. We should take advantage of that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Safer than smoking<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The one question mark is over long-term effects, since e-cigarettes have only been in use for under a decade, MPs said.<\/p>\n<p>The first e-cigarette was approved for sale in the U.K. in 2007. Since then the U.K. market size has grown to an estimated \u00a3725 million in 2018, according to ECigIntelligence, with vaping-specific companies such as JUUL and big tobacco firms such as British American Tobacco and Philip Morris selling such products.<\/p>\n<p>Some researchers say thats a reason to be even more cautious about the short-term benefits when so little is known about the long-term risks. It took more than two decades to prove a link between smoking and lung cancer, said David Thickett, a professor of respiratory medicine at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing at the University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmoking takes a long time to do damage,\u201d he said. \u201cWere 5 to 10 years into e-cigarette history. Weve got another 10 to 20 years before we can say whats true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thickett is the lead author of a laboratory study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/study-e-cigarettes-can-cause-similar-damage-to-regular-smoking\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">published this week<\/a> which concludes e-cigarette vapor has the potential to damage lung tissue in the same way as traditional cigarettes and could cause chronic lung disease over decades, though it said long-term studies are needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>MPs asked the government to support a long-term research program to assess the effects of both e-cigarettes and newer heat-not-burn products.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But written evidence <a href=\"http:\/\/data.parliament.uk\/writtenevidence\/committeeevidence.svc\/evidencedocument\/science-and-technology-committee\/ecigarettes\/written\/75386.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">submitted<\/a> by Public Health England and the Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency to the MPs inquiry noted the levels of carcinogenic chemicals in e-cigarettes are \u201csubstantially lower\u201d compared to tobacco smoke and there are \u201csubstantially decreased\u201d detection of these chemicals in the blood and urine of people who vape.<\/p>\n<p>Hazel Cheeseman, director of policy at the campaign group Action on Smoking and Health, said its a matter of relative risk, and said its impossible to know what e-cigarette use patterns will look like two decades from now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIts not about saying these are zero risk products, its about saying that theyre very much safer than smoking,\u201d Cheeseman said. \u201cThe question that we wont be able to answer until we get there is what proportion of the people who use e-cigarettes to quit smoking will continue then to use them for many decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MPs asked the government to support a long-term research program to assess the effects of both e-cigarettes and newer heat-not-burn products, which heat chemicals to a lower temperature.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Post-Brexit freedoms <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The government should dramatically loosen the rules on advertising and packaging after Brexit to allow e-cigarette makers to put health claims on products, MPs said. One of the biggest obstacles for health campaigners right now is being able to communicate the message that e-cigarettes are \u201cless harmful,\u201d due to restrictions imposed by the Tobacco Products Directive, according to Lamb.<\/p>\n<p>The directive bans any e-cigarette advertising that would be considered to have international reach, such as newspapers, television or radio, although localized ads such as on billboards or buses are allowed. That means that even though Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence have endorsed e-cigarettes to reduce harm, that message cant be widely advertised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow daft is that? [We] either believe Public Health England or we dont,\u201d said Lamb.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-909372848-714x492.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Many big tobacco companies have already moved into selling e-cigarettes alongside traditional cigarettes | AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>There is some concern that more adverts coupled with a flood of new products on the market might increase the appeal of e-cigarettes among minors or people who otherwise might not consider smoking.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, the government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/newsevents\/newsroom\/pressannouncements\/ucm605432.htm\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cracked down<\/a> in April on retailers selling the JUUL e-cigarette to minors, and probed the way the company markets its products. Sales of the device, which is smaller and more discreet than other vaping products (it resembles a USB drive) and comes in exotic sounding flavors such as \u201cglacier mint,\u201d \u201capple orchard\u201d and \u201cmango nectar,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/politico-pro-morning-health-care-e-cigarette-expansion-brexit-and-the-ema-listeria-in-belgium\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">started in the U.K. last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of these things need to be closely monitored and we need to be constantly reviewing the evidence on youth uptake,\u201d Lamb said.<\/p>\n<p>But MPs concluded, \u201cConcerns that e-cigarettes could be a gateway to conventional smoking, including for young non-smokers, have not materialised,\u201d and described e-cigarettes as \u201ca key weapon in the NHSs stop smoking arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They recommended NHS England appoint someone to oversee the agencys work on e-cigarettes and tobacco control.<\/p>\n<p>The government will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.uk\/about\/how\/committees\/select\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">likely<\/a> issue its response within two months.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Read this next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/emmanuel-macron-economics-france-hits-speed-bump\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Macronomics hits speed bump<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/e-cigarettes-forget-big-tobacco-back-vaping-for-health-benefits-say-mps\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":88699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"648\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1329,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/\",\"name\":\"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00\",\"description\":\"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":648},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report","description":"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report","og_description":"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":648,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit","datePublished":"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/"},"wordCount":1329,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg","articleSection":["Health"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/","name":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg","datePublished":"2018-08-22T19:30:50+00:00","description":"British MPs are backing e-cigarettes as a public health fix to help traditional smokers kick the hab..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/GettyImages-630680482-6.jpg","width":1024,"height":648},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/british-mps-push-e-cigarettes-as-health-benefit-7\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"British MPs push e-cigarettes as health benefit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}