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Smoking shelters should become "vaping lounges" for less risky e-cigarette use, NHS bosses said.

In this extended (13 minute) film, experts take a deeper look at the evidence on some of the issues that surround the use of e-cigarettes - including the safety of e-liquids and vapour, secondhand vaping, the 'gateway' theory, and the safety of vaping relative to smoking.

A forthcoming study investigating the health impact of aerosol vapour emitted from Electronic Cigarettes shows it poses no meaningful secondhand risks.

Amid the news that MPs will carry out an inquiry into e-cigarettes, Professor John Britton discusses e-cigs as a tool to help stop smoking, the gateway theory, the possibility of e-cigs on prescription and the effects of nicotine.

The consensus statement, published by Scotland's national health education and promotion agency, was agreed by the Scottish government, health boards, academia and charities such as the British Lung Foundation and Cancer Research UK.

“Results revealed that greater frequency of e-cigarette use beyond ever use [using one at least once] and especially with 20 or more days of use in the past month was strongly associated with both having made a quit attempt and a greater likelihood of three months or more of cigarette smoking cessation,”

The National Health Service in particular has contributed greatly to these amazing results. Electronic cigarettes are now recommended by the NHS as a tobacco cessation treatment. Largely thanks to this, the UK is a country with one of the lowest cigarette consumption rates per capita in Europe, which is really fantastic news!

In a somewhat extraordinary and unexpected development Scott Gottlieb, the newly appointed head of FDA, has announced that the submission deadline for PMTAs is to be delayed until 2022.

A new study funded by Cancer Research UK is the first to explore the effects of e-cigarettes by looking at long-term human body-level exposure. The results are promising.

E-Cigarettes have only a tiny fraction of the risk of smoking. It is well known that almost all the harm from smoking is caused by the products of combustion, which are absent from vaping.

For the first time, more than half of the UK's electronic-cigarette users have since given up smoking tobacco, a study suggests.

A leading E-Cigarette scientist has defended links between the Tobacco and Vaping industries.

New research suggests availability of e-cigarettes makes smoking appear less attractive to young people, discourages tobacco uptake.

New data reveals a significant decline in number of smokers over last five years, while the daily number of cigarettes consumed has also fallen

Across Canada, some provinces have legislated that e-cigarettes are equivalent to tobacco products, by promoting the idea that combustible tobacco smoke and vapour are equally harmful. The assertion that e-cigarettes are not a viable cessation tool is scientifically incorrect, morally dangerous and likely in violation of our charter right to access harm-reduction alternatives

New vaping in public places advice recognises there is no one-size-fits-all approach.

New research found those who switched to Vaping had reduced toxins and carcinogens in their bodies.

Millions of long-term smokers have developed diseases that have caused them to die early. It is well understood that these diseases are caused almost exclusively by inhaling smoke. Vapor products, commonly referred to as electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, do not burn tobacco or any other material, and so do not produce the smoke that causes smoking related diseases.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to make the case against E-Cigarettes on the basis of scientific evidence. A second Cochrane review, the gold standard when it comes to assessing the state of the evidence on hot topics from salt to fat to smoking has concluded that these nicotine delivering devices that involve no combustion may help smokers quit without serious health consequences.

Cigarettes kill. Anything that makes some smokers give them up is to be encouraged.

Growth in the use of E-Cigarettes in England has been associated with a higher rate of successful attempts to quit smoking, reveals a study published by The BMJ (British Medical Journal) today.

Rigorous assessment of available evidence on E-Cigarettes