Britain | Vape nation

Britons love e-cigarettes—and ministers want to encourage them

How the country became an international outlier

VAPERS DO NOT lack for choice. Options range from a sleek Juul device (“a satisfying alternative to cigarettes”) to a more garish FreeMax product (“Taste the clouds, feel the flavours!”). Now the British government wants to give them another one: a medically licensed e-cigarette.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Vape nation”

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