A letter signed by more than 50 researchers and public health specialists is urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to "resist the urge to control and suppress e-cigarettes".
The letter says the devices - which deliver nicotine in a vapour - could be a "significant health innovation".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27547420
Great news. E-cigs are the way forward for smokers of tobacco who want the nicotine but not the 4000 odd other chemicals that are released by burning tobacco.