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

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

The British Psychological Society releases a statement supporting the role of E-Cigarettes for helping smokers to quit.

Nearly 20% of those who quit in first half of 2017 have been successful, with e-cigarettes becoming most popular method of quitting, say UCL researchers. E-cigarettes are the most popular method of quitting nationwide, the study found.

Ministers will be monitoring the UK’s exit from the EU in order to “identify where we can sensibly deregulate without harming public health”, whilst taking a fresh look at the Tobacco Products Directive, (TPD) since it impacts e-cig regulations.

This report provides an update on the use of harm reduction in tobacco smoking, in relation to all non-tobacco nicotine products but particularly e-cigarettes. It shows that, for all the potential risks involved, harm reduction has huge potential to prevent death and disability from tobacco use, and to hasten our progress to a tobacco-free society.

In the wake of the TGA’s decision to maintain a ban on nicotine for e-cigarettes, research shows such restrictive environments inhibit smokers’ attempts to quit.

This is the first long-term research into the effects of vaping in former tobacco users

An excise duty of €0.30/ml now applies to all e-liquids, even those without nicotine, and the only flavor allowed is "tobacco". In the future, cross-border sales of e-liquid will be banned, a situation that will turn the 50,000 Finnish vapers into cash cows.

For vapers in the USA the news has been almost unrelentingly bad all year. There are signs that may be changing, however. A county court struck down a proposed new law that would have treated vaping as smoking, while a major think tank is attacking the idea of vape taxes. Meanwhile a business owner is suing Pennsylvania over its wide-ranging 40% tax. It’s too early to say a corner has been turned, but things look slightly better than in recent months.

Indian Vapers say they want access to Electronic Cigarettes, experts state that Vaping works as a way to quit smoking but lawmakers remain opposed to harm reduction. The country houses 12% of the world’s smokers and loses the equivalent populations of Leicester, Nottingham, Coventry and Canterbury to smoking-related deaths each year.

A recent survey that took place in America has revealed some fascinating facts about Vaping and how it fits into the task of trying to quit smoking. Does it make it easier for people to quit for good? According to the results, it would seem this is indeed the case. The study was conducted by the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health of the University of California in San Diego. It took place across a two-year period and explored how successful smokers were in quitting with or without t