Don't ban e-cigarettes, sell them under tight regulation

5 Jun 2015
The ban disadvantages smokers who may have difficulty quitting but want to reduce the risks of smoking. NeydtStock/Flickr

Wayne Hall, Professor and Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland; Coral Gartner, Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, and Cynthia Forlini, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

Over the past ten years, a substantial minority of cigarette smokers in many countries have turned to electronic (e-) cigarettes in an attempt to quit smoking or as an alternative to smoking some or all of the time. In 2013 around 600,000 Australian smokers had tried e-cigarettes, while there are currently around 2.6 million e-cigarette users in Great Britain.

Read the full article on The Conversation.

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