Electronic cigarettes: what can we learn from the UK experience?

Although the sale, possession and use of nicotinecontaining e-cigarettes without a permit are illegal in Australia, the devices clearly have appeal to smokers and are increasingly popular. Current use of e-cigarettes increased from 0.6% to 6.6% in current and former smokers over a 3-year period from 2010 to 2013. The rate of responders reporting that they had “ever used e-cigarettes” in this population increased from 9.6% to 19.7% over the same period. In 2013, 42.5% of users reported that their current brand contained nicotine.