Employees Need Time And Space When Breaking Up With Smoking

The government's watchdog, Public Health England (PHE), is urging UK employers to give e-cigarette users more frequent breaks than cigarette smokers as well as their own vaping room away from workers who smoke. E-cigarettes turn liquid nicotine into a flavoured vapour, purporting to allow smokers to curb their nicotine addiction without the harmful effects of smoking tobacco. However, PHE suggests that smoking e-cigarettes delivers a lower nicotine hit than traditional cigarettes, and  therefore employers should allow workers to take more breaks to "top-up" their nicotine levels. In addition, PHE states that forcing e-cigarette smokers to go outside would "undermine their ability to quit smoking". The watchdog hopes that this will encourage workers to smoke e-cigarettes at work rather than tobacco, promoting the health and wellbeing of staff by making it a more convenient alternative.