Submitted on Saturday 28th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 12th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban smoking sales during the COVID-19 pandemic - vaping only. Protect the NHS.
Ban sales of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, water pipes etc & only allow vaping liquid to be sold during the pandemic. Add smoking information to the NHS COVID-19 website. Consider making nicotine patches free. Promote #quitforcovid19
Smoking is an extra burden on the NHS
SMOKING WORSENS COVID-19
“It is abundantly clear from the research into previous coronaviruses that smoking makes the impact of a coronavirus worse.” - Matt Hancock
Smokers have treble the risk of dying or needing hospitalization from COVID-19.
https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/03/20/covid-19-the-role-of-smoking-cessation-during-respiratory-virus-epidemics/
World Health Organization:
http://www.emro.who.int/tfi/know-the-truth/tobacco-and-waterpipe-users-are-at-increased-risk-of-covid-19-infection.html
PROTECT THE NHS
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310248
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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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