Submitted on Friday 25th June 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 30th June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Stop the proposed NHS voucher scheme for pregnant women to stop smoking
The voucher scheme to be offered to pregnant women as a reward to stop smoking to be stopped.
The health of their child should be incentive enough. They should not be rewarding those who don't look after their own health & endanger the health of themselves & others. It will also encourage people to possibly endanger their unborn child to gain access to these vouchers.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise.
Offering financial incentives, such as vouchers, to encourage pregnant women to stop smoking would be an operational matter for individual stop-smoking services and NHS healthcare service providers.
This recommendation has been included in draft guidance from Public Health England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). You can read more about this draft guidance on NICE's website:
www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-and-phe-publish-comprehensive-draft-guideline-to-tackle-the-health-burden-of-smoking
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