E-cigarettes less damaging, says study

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These women are part of India's vast army of domestic workers. Despite the numbers, it's a sector with few rules. But that might change – there are plans for laws giving workers a minimum wage and compulsory leave – and there would be social security cover too their employers would have to fund, at least in part.

This is not science fiction. This is our world, now in the 21st Century. Here in California they're at the cutting edge of cyber security, using this virtual reality map of millions of computers to hunt hackers.

Vaping – in less than a decade, it's gone from nowhere to a habit for more than two and half million British people. Now after claims and counterclaims about the risks of e-cigarettes an official health organisation says they're good news. That's because former smokers like Elaine, have been helped to kick the habit – in her case 40 years – encouraged by a clinic she switched to e-cigs which do contain nicotine but not the damaging tobacco smoke.

Words and phrases and definitions:

vast army: kelompok besar orang yang terorganisir dan terlatih dalam melakukan suatu tugas

cutting edge: tahapan paling modern dan maju dalam pengembangan sesuatu

vaping: penggunaan rokok elektrik

kick the habit: berhenti melakukan sesuatu yang sebelumnya rutin dikerjakan