E-cigarettes may be 'no better' than regular cigarettes

Lab tests find vapour from e-cigarettes can damage or kill human cells although results would not necessarily be same in living person, say researchers

The e-cigarette - the smoking alternative that has gone from nothing to a sprawling, unregulated multibillion dollar business in less than a decade - could be "no better" than traditional cigarettes, according to a new study.

Research published in the Journal of Oral Oncology claims to have demonstrated that vapour from the electronic devices may damage DNA or even kill human cells in laboratory experiments.