Igniting debate about e-cigarettes

Mar 26 - Billed as a healthier alternative to tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes are coming under fresh scrutiny in the U.S.

New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg is calling on the Food and Drug

Administration to prevent the sale of 'e-cigarettes' until more research can be done into their effects on the body.

The World Health Organisation applauds the senator's efforts, but a top UK vendor says any such action would by unwise and unfair.

Reuters Technology Correspondent Matt Cowan reports.