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Q I’ve been a smoker since my teens and I’m now in my 50s. I changed to vaping, but my daughter is still horrified at me. Which is worse – real cigarettes or electronic ones?

A As a doctor, I would much prefer for patients to not start smoking, or if they do, it would be much better for them if they could stop smoking altogether. But I also appreciate that quitting smoking can be extremely difficult for many people.

For smokers, e-cigarettes can be a useful step to quitting nicotine completely. You say that

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