In Germany, 14.9 per cent of 14 to 17-year-olds now smoke while just 2.3 per cent vape, new research reveals. 

Restricting the choice of flavoured vapes would lead ex-smokers back to the deadly habit, a new study has found. 

Cigarette sales have halved in Japan since the introduction of safer heated tobacco products just a decade ago, a new report has found. 

Vapes are increasingly likely to help people quit cigarettes, a new study has revealed. 

Giving out free vapes to smokers in A&E could help thousands more people quit each year, a new report shows. 

The article in scientific journal The Lancet – published ahead of crunch COP10 talks next week – calls on the WHO to recognise the central part vapes and similar products can play in reducing tobacco use.