They've been called safe, dangerous, a way to quit smoking – and a way to start. New Scientist sifts through the evidence about e-cigarettes
THE juice bar is clean and bright with a nice-looking selection of drinks and cakes – just like a regular London cafe, but with one big difference: the kind of juice that's on offer.
This is one of thousands of small outlets carving out a share of the growing e-cigarette market. Its main selling point is a vast array of flavoured nicotine liquids or e-juices. There are fruit flavours, minty flavours, fun flavours like cola and grown-up ones like rum, pina colada and even tobacco. After testing a few, I settle for watermelon and almond, plus a rechargeable electronic cigarette kit. And so my experiment begins.
E-cigarettes have been around ...
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