WHY I’M WORRIED ABOUT . . .

E-CIGARETTES. Berry splash, blueberry, cinnamon streusel muffin and chocolate fudge sound as if they should be harmless varieties of ice cream: actually they are all flavours for e-cigarettes.

Last week a study from the University of Carolina found the ingredients added to achieve these ‘fun’ flavours may themselves be not just bad for health but potentially ‘more toxic than nicotine’, warn the study authors.

I am reminded of the advent of low-tar cigarettes which were heralded as the less harmful way to smoke. We now know they are every bit as bad for you as the high tar varieties. I sincerely hope that history isn’t about to repeat itself.