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Health officials in Britain are now endorsing e-cigarettes as a way to quit smoking for the first time – saying they are 95-percent safer than tobacco equivalents.

Not only are e-cigarettes less harmful, the products may be contributing to falling smoking rates among adults and young people, according to the review. He suggested that “local stop smoking services should look to support e-cigarette users in their journey to quitting...

Chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr Nigel Carter, said: “We are very happy that smoking rates in the UK are in a steady decline but more attention is needed to bring a stop to this deadly habit”.

Teenagers who use e-cigarettes are more likely than others to later smoke cigarettes and use other tobacco products, The Associated Press reports. However we still have concerns about the impact on the population of e-cigarettes and support the need for better regulation and...