"If it doesn't interfere with their work or inconvenience colleagues, employees who wish to smoke outside during work breaks should be allowed to do so. Switching to e-cigarettes has helped a significant number of smokers in their efforts to quit. "If there is a genuine desire to help employees stop smoking, smokers should be encouraged to vape, not threatened with the same penalties as those caught smoking. "A key part of that approach involves discouraging children and young people from taking up smoking. "One way to assist that is to reduce the number of adult 'role models' who can be seen smoking in public.