Speaking at Hospital Healthcare Europe’s Spring 2025 Clinical Excellence in Respiratory Care event, Dr Zaheer Mangera brought delegates up to speed on modern smoking cessation, with a focus on e-cigarettes and vapes. Here, you have exclusive access to the session recording.
The so-called ‘Vape Debate’ has been intensifying in the UK for two decades and polarising medical opinion, with strong evidence both of their value in smoking cessation and the damage they cause to the health of young people.
While it is hoped that the recent ban on single-use vapes in the UK has gone some way to improving the latter, as well as aiding sustainability efforts, there is a significant role for clinicians to play in supporting patients to quit smoking and effectively use e-cigarettes as part of their evidence-based smoking cessation programmes.
Dr Zaheer Mangera is a consultant respiratory physician and the lung cancer lead at North Middlesex University Hospital, where one of his specialisms is tobacco dependency. In this Clinical Excellence session, he discusses pharmacotherapy smoking cessation strategies, including the effectiveness of e-cigarettes and vapes, the risks of cessation and how to guide patients.
Watch more Clinical Excellence event sessions via our Clinical Excellence Catch-up zone and watch this space as the autumn schedule for Clinical Excellence will be announced soon.
Extend your smoking cessation learning
Dr Mangera previously spoke to Hospital Healthcare Europe about his tips for optimising tobacco dependency services in secondary care, which is well worth a read.
You can also find brand new interviews and case studies on respiratory care – plus round ups of previous Clinical Excellence event sessions by looking out for the orange Clinical Excellence tag – and much more content that can help to inspire your practice in our Respiratory zone.
This includes Dr Mangera’s other Clinical Excellence sessions on topics such as the early diagnosis and screening of lung cancer, the neoadjuvant lung cancer pathway and diagnostic imaging for respiratory conditions as part of an expert panel discussion.
This article is part of our Clinical Excellence series, which offers valuable first-hand insights into how experts from renowned Centres of Excellence are pursuing innovative approaches to optimise patient care across the UK and Europe.
