hazel cheeseman is director of policy at action on smoking and health.at stops people smoking grill cigarettes is a good thing. absolutely. i mean the arrival of e—cigarettes has been on the call. we have seen use of tobacco products reduce dramatically. 2 million people are now using e—cigarettes on a regular basis. lots of people have quit smoking using e—cigarettes. at a large number of that, nearly 3 million, and completely switched from using tobacco to solely using e—cigarettes. so there is a big public health benefit in the uk already from e—cigarettes. public health benefit in the uk already from e-cigarettes. some would argue that it is shifting the addiction from smoking cigarettes to smoking vaping machines or e—cigarettes or whatever, but still there is a nicotine addiction and they will still be harmful chemicals in the smoke. the world health organization has warned against them. be harmful components of tobacco smoke so largely not in a cigarette. what you have in an cigarette. what you have in an cigarette —— e—cigarette is different. mos