E-cigarettes are still safer than smoking, scientists find

Scare stories abound but the evidence remains consistent

The past decade in British healthcare has been disappointing: improvements in life expectancy and neonatal mortality have stalled and public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen sharply.

But one positive singled out in a recent review of healthcare developments was the rise of e-cigarettes use, which the article noted had given "tobacco cessation a boost at no cost to the public purse".