PUBLIC Health England's suggestion of prescribing e-cigarettes on the NHS should been cautiously welcomed.

PHE says the devices are 95% less harmful than tobacco and suggests vaping could be a “game changer” for helping people to give up smoking. I’m glad to see an institution like PHE make such a declaration about e-cigarettes after some needless scare-mongering about vaping.

However, I am concerned this suggestion of NHS involvement with vaping chimes too much with what the European Union has been saying. Are we once more dancing to the EU’s tune?

Paul Nuttall, North West MEP and Ukip deputy leader.