E-cigarettes sparking controversy

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DEBATE Since their emergence around five years ago, the rapid expansion of e-cigarettes has provoked controversy, and challenged the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries alike, writes Simon Brooke Do you “vape”? Are any of your friends “vapers”? Your answer to these... Read more

From ‘electro fag’ to e-cigarette

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BEGINNINGS Invented less than a decade ago, “vaping” now has its own high street retailers and even a TV channel, as Josh Sims report The uptake of “vaping” has been phenomenal. In the first few years after 2006, when the... Read more

New ‘cig’ on the block

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MARKET DISRUPTION Both the traditional tobacco sector and the smoking cessation market are being challenged by the e-cigarette, while regulators are struggling to define this fast growing new product and develop controls, as Simon Brooke discovers Against the background of... Read more

Tradition and a brave new world

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COMPARISON E-cigarettes have offered those who want to give up conventional cigarettes an alternative to nicotine replace therapy, writes Katie Burnetts Smoking continues to be one of the government’s biggest public health challenges, while the smoking cessation industry is growing... Read more

But is it as good as the real thing?

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REVIEW A convenient, healthier alternative to tobacco? Or a new-fangled instrument of torture? Journalist Nick Lezard, followed by actor Ade, describe their very different experiences of e-cigarettes “Vaping” was a new word to me, as was the whole e-cigarette experience,... Read more

Standing up for lighting up

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VIEWPOINT Tobacco smoking aids conversation and stimulates creativity, claims Rory Sutherland, one of its most ardent fans. But now that it’s in decline, can e-cigarettes offer an alternative? I don’t know whether I miss smoking. But I certainly miss being... Read more