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There are now more than two and half million users of electronic cigarettes - or "vapers" as they're known - in the UK, and they are being used by many today to try and quit smoking. But are they safe?

Earlier this year, a report commissioned by Public Health England said they were 95 per cent less harmful than traditional tobacco products and, in the future, could be prescribed on the NHS. But last week, it became illegal for retailers to sell e-cigarettes to under-18s and now the European Union wants to ban the sale of some popular vaping devices altogether.

Peter Allen is joined by the 大象传媒's health correspondent Adam Brimelow; Sarah Jakes, from the New Nicotine Alliance; Deborah Arnott, the Chief Executive of anti-tobacco health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), and Ram Moorthy, from the British Medical Association (BMA).