AD: The end of Act II is the most fun I have in the show
With the new March 2024 legal updates on NVPs, quitting smoking has become much safer for motivated smokers out there
This success comes from a multifaceted strategy, including expanded drug-supply surveillance and detection of new adulterants, free naloxone and test strips in libraries (and education for their staff), and real-time data to target responses where they're needed most
As the figure shows there is a steep deprivation gradient in smoking rates varying from a median of 16.4% (in practices with a deprivation score of less than 10) to 34% in practices with a deprivation score greater than 60
For that, heavy-duty gloves are obviously not going to cut it
As reported by the Guardian, the British public health authorities have almost unanimously embraced as an alternative to smoking, reasoning that the greater good to public health outweighs the potential (and unsubstantiated) dangers