British American Tobacco e-cigarette wins UK medicine licence

UK drug regulator's approval of vaping device paves way for product to be prescribed on NHS for patients trying to give up smoking

Britain's drug regulators have given the go-ahead for a British American Tobacco (BAT) e-cigarette to be sold as a medicine for quitting smoking, the first such product to be given a drug licence in the UK.

The decision to licence the e-Voke product means it can now be prescribed on the NHS for patients trying to give up smoking.