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More than two million people in the UK get their nicotine hit via electronic cigarettes. But as 'vaping' replaces smoking – and is enthusiastically marketed by the beleaguered tobacco giants – no one is yet sure how safe it actually is

In 2013, according to a survey by YouGov for the anti-tobacco charity Ash (Action on Smoking and Health), the number of e-cigarette users in the UK surged to 2.1 million, a three-fold increase over the previous year. The investment bank Goldman Sachs puts the products top of a list of "creative destroyers" – including big data, 3D printing and natural gas engines – that are likely to turn their markets upside down, and sees annual global sales of e-cigarettes hitting $10bn within a few years.

E-cigarettes: miracle or health risk? | Society | The Guardian