For this session, use the support for smokers article, as well as other sources of information, to strengthen your understanding of the evidence base for the risks and benefits of e-cigarettes and the various expert views. This will give you more insight and information to pass on to your customers. You can use information sources you may have in the pharmacy, such as other articles or OTC medicines guides and manufacturers' literature, or websites on nicotine replacement therapy (NRT). Take time to talk to customers who want to stop or reduce smoking to gain a sense of their motivation and difficulties, and discuss the options available to them. For further inspiration, visit the websites listed in the 'information sources' section.

You will find plenty of information, including expert opinion, on e-cigarettes in the article. In order to make it useful and relevant to your work:

• Identify six health benefits of stopping smoking and six health risks of continuing to smoke
• What are the differences between a nicotine inhalator and an e-cigarette?
• Consider having a wider ranging debate about tobacco and e-cigarettes in your team. Do you think they help people to reduce their smoking habit? Do you think that pharmacies should sell them? What is your view about the regulation of e-cigarettes?