A new £45million scheme to give smokers vape 'starter kits' could backfire and see them trade one addiction for another for which the long term health impacts are still unknown a GP has claimed.

Britain is deploying the world’s first “swap to stop" scheme where the government will provide cigarette smokers a vape starter kit. The effort aims to reduce the country’s cigarette smokers.

FILE - A Juul electronic cigarette starter kit is seen at a smoke shop on Dec. 20, 2018, in New York. Attorneys are expected to deliver closing arguments Monday, April 17, 2023, in Minnesota's ...

The intervention group got the counseling plus two “e-cigarette starter kits” with a choice of free e-liquid flavors and nicotine concentrations.

A Juul electronic cigarette starter kit is seen at a smoke shop on Dec. 20, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is slated to lead ...

More than two out of every five smokers who redeemed a voucher for a free e-cigarette starter kit had stopped smoking within a month as part of a pilot scheme designed to help people quit. Smokers ...

At trial, Minnesota says e-cigarette maker Juul targets kids FILE - A Juul electronic cigarette starter kit is seen at a smoke shop on Dec. 20, 2018, in New York.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to treat e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours.

E-cigarette starter kits will be offered to one in five of all users in England under the “swap to stop” programme. Pregnant women will be offered up to £400 to quit.

Minnesota is latest to settle with e-cigarette maker Juul FILE - A Juul electronic cigarette starter kit is seen at a smoke shop on Dec. 20, 2018, in New York.