Hospital gives out vapes in quit smoking drive

Hull University Teaching Hospital sites are smokefree, and all patients admitted to the hospital are offered support and medication to help them manage cravings for cigarettes whilst here from the ‘Swap and Stop’ tobacco dependency treatment team. The team have had amazing success rates since they started helping people in August 2022, with over a third of patients still being completely smokefree a month after leaving hospital, improving their recovery times and reducing their chances of coming back!

In a new initiative to support everyone who visits or works at the hospital also to stay smokefree, the Swap and Stop Tobacco Dependency Treatment Team has branched out and will be positioned at the entrance to the hospital, offering visitors and staff who smoke the opportunity to swap a cigarette for a recyclable vape. Vapes are significantly less harmful than tobacco and very effective in stopping people experiencing uncomfortable withdrawal from nicotine.