MEPs in e-cigarette nicotine campaign

A drive to allow e-cigarettes to have the same amount of nicotine as 200 cigarettes could kill EU attempts to regulate them.

Some members of the European Parliament have come under huge pressure from the industry, and insist electronic cigarettes should be freely available in all shops along with refillable nicotine cartridges.

After months of lobbying and much compromising on new rules regulating tobacco, more than 90% of the detail has been agreed between states and MEPs.