Smokers in England to be offered vaping kits to help them quit cigarettes

Swap to stop' scheme comes despite increasing alarm about rise in young people vaping

Ministers are to urge 1 million smokers to swap cigarettes for vapes, despite increasing alarm about the rise in young people vaping.

Under the new swap to stop" scheme, vape starter kits will be offered to almost one in five of all smokers in England as part of the government's smoke free" drive.