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Dr John Ashcroft of Ilkeston has opened an e-cigarette shop next door to his surgery in a bid to help smokers quit. Dr Smokeless opened in October and has proved extremely popular with many of his patients who smoke and he

Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has said there is no justification for banning e-cigarettes in public places and it would be an “infringement of people’s personal liberty.” She was leading a debate by individual members on 14 May

There are now more ex-smokers in Britain than current smokers. Figures released from ASH, the anti-smoking charity found that in the UK 22% of men and 19% of women are smokers whilst 27% of men and 22% of women have quit.

The Public Health Minister has said that there are no current plans to ban people from using electronic cigarettes in public places in England and are still looking at other options. The idea to ban their use was among proposals raising

Scottish Borders Council’s Licensing Board met to discuss the possibility of banning e-cigarettes from bars and pubs. The Royal Environment Health Institute of Scotland had asked all 32 Scottish local authorities to consider a ban on the devices in all licensed

Statistics from a recent poll have confirmed what many vapers already knew about e-cigarettes. The poll compiled by Ash and YouGov have found that only one per cent of non smokers have tried e-cigarettes and therefore have stated that there is

Users of ecigarettes have tripled from around 700,000 to 2.1 million in just three years with more than half of smokers saying they have tried them. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) surveyed more than 12,000 adult smokers. Current smokers regularly

A new political party has been set up to give a voice to UK vapers. Dave Hallam and Alan Beard the organisers were fed up with not being properly represented by the existing political parties and made the decision to go

At a recent major UK fashion show, a male model reaches the halfway point of the runway and takes an e-cigarette from his pocket and begins vaping in front of the audience. The model, wearing a collection from British menswear brand

The under Secretary of State for the Department of Health – Earl Howe has stated, based on findings by American scientists, that the level of toxins in electronic cigarettes is about one thousandth of that in cigarette smoke and that they