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Electronic cigarettes should be banned in public places, say health officials.
Banning e-cigs would help prevent them undermining efforts to encourage people to quit smoking, claimed Public Health Wales (PHW).
It said e-cigs were not regulated, the amount of nicotine varied widely and users could not tell if they were safe.
A recent poll of nearly 1,000 people for BBC Breakfast suggested most people supported their use in public places and did not want to see a ban.
The British Medical Association has already called for e-cigs to be banned in public places, fearing it could normalise behaviour which has largely become socially unacceptable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25342539
Banning e-cigs would help prevent them undermining efforts to encourage people to quit smoking, claimed Public Health Wales (PHW).
It said e-cigs were not regulated, the amount of nicotine varied widely and users could not tell if they were safe.
A recent poll of nearly 1,000 people for BBC Breakfast suggested most people supported their use in public places and did not want to see a ban.
The British Medical Association has already called for e-cigs to be banned in public places, fearing it could normalise behaviour which has largely become socially unacceptable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-25342539