- Reference: 2018/5500
- Question by: Tony Devenish
- Meeting date: 20 December 2018
What analysis has your office made of Public Health England’s assessment that e-cigarettes are at least 95% less harmful than cigarettes, the Department of Health’s guidance for local authorities in its most recent Tobacco Control Plan for England, and the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee report on e-cigarettes? What the reasons are for TfL’s ban on advertising e-cigarettes on the underground and at train stations and are there any plans to review this ban in future in light of the documents and advice listed above and a general move to help more smokers make the switch from cigarettes...