In the United Kingdom, Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is legally allowed, including the sale and purchase of NRT products without a prescription from general stores. The government fully covers NRT cost. The market size of NRT products in the United Kingdom was estimated to be 165.4 million € in 2019.
Promoción de productos
- Consumer Health: Euromonitor from trade sources/national statistics. Date Exported: 8/9/2019. (c) Euromonitor International 2019
Regulación
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-gbr.pdf?sfvrsn=ae538ce2_3&download=true. Accessed: 9 December 2025.
Disponibilidad
| Year | Value | Reference/Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sí | 1A |
| 2022 | Sí | 1B |
- WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-gbr.pdf?sfvrsn=ae538ce2_3&download=true. Accessed: 9 December 2025.
| Year | Value | Reference/Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | many general shops without a prescription | 1A |
| 2022 | General store | 1B |
- WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-gbr.pdf?sfvrsn=ae538ce2_3&download=true. Accessed: 9 December 2025.
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-gbr.pdf?sfvrsn=ae538ce2_3&download=true. Accessed: 9 December 2025.
- WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2019. https://www.who.int/tobacco/global_report/en/ (2019).
Apoyo formal
- WHO report on the global tobacco epidemic, 2023. Available at: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/tobacco/gtcr-2023/tobacco-2023-gbr.pdf?sfvrsn=ae538ce2_3&download=true. Accessed: 9 December 2025.
- NRT cost is fully covered by the government.
Publicaciones
¿Un Reino Unido libre de humo? Cómo la investigación, la política y los vapeadores han reducido las tasas de tabaquismo
El número de personas que vapean en el Reino Unido pronto superará por primera vez al número de personas que fuman. Este documento informativo analiza los avances del Reino Unido hacia un país libre de humo, destacando tanto los logros como los desafíos.
Aids Used in Quit Attempt in Past 12 Months, England, Smoking Toolkit Study 2011-2015
- No Fire, No Smoke: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction
These data suggest there are large numbers of smokers both trying e-cigarettes and using them, and who have quit smoking altogether. Coupled with the rapid decline in smoking, to 15.1 percent, this indicates a strong association between the rise of e-cigarettes and the ongoing decline in smoking. There appears to be a new landscape of smoking cessation. E-cigarettes are now the most common method used to quit smoking, having overtaken NRT, medication and behavioural support by 2013 in England.
These changes are also reflected in the use of stop smoking services. The UK has a network of specialist stop smoking services and help with quitting is also provided through a wide range of NHS services. They have seen a rapid drop in customers since 2011-12. In part this might be due to reduced resources, but is also likely to be linked to the fact that people now have additional ways to quit.
See also p. 53 of the report: No Fire, No Smoke: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2018 — Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (gsthr.org)
