Cigarette phase-out considered as trial tests if vapour safer

By Eamonn Duff
Updated October 1 2013 - 2:18pm, first published 1:31pm
Recharging: Leon Alegria and Damian Duncan enjoy their electronic cigarettes at their local pub. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Recharging: Leon Alegria and Damian Duncan enjoy their electronic cigarettes at their local pub. Photo: Sahlan Hayes

Australia could become the first major nation to outlaw smoking, with a federal government-funded trial about to test the viability of electronic cigarettes as a safer, permanent replacement for tobacco.

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