New research has shown that e-cigarettes can help people to give up smoking as effectively as nicotine patches.
A study has found that 9 per cent of the 660 smokers surveyed were able to give up their nicotine fix within a year.
That's more than twice the rate of people using placebo devices.
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The Irish Cancer Society is cautiously welcoming the research - their spokesperson is Kathleen O'Meara: