Research into e-cigarettes by the British Medical Journal has found that 37 per cent of people surveyed in Ireland believe that e-cigarettes are harmful.

In a bid to gauge perceptions of e-cigarettes and their use across Europe, the researchers analysed data from the 2012 Eurobarometer 385 survey, involving more than 26,500 adults from 27 countries within the European Union. The sample from each country was proportional to its population size and density......