3019年7月10日，英国泰晤士发表了一篇报道，大意说的是英国医院开始销售电子烟了。这是大事，说明英国医疗体系对电子烟的认可达到全新高度。简要翻译如下，以供所需：

LonDON — Two hospitals in England have allowed an e-cigarette company to open vape shops on their premises as part of a move by the hospitals to ban smoking in and around their buildings.

英国伦敦的两家医院允许电子烟公司在院内开店售卖，此举是医院禁烟行动的一部分。

The ban was introduced last week at two of the largest health institutions in the Birmingham area as “a public health necessity,” according to the BBC, because “smoking kills.”

英国广播公司报道称，伯明翰地区两家最大的医疗机构上周开始引入这条政策，并将电子烟称之为“公共卫生必需品”，原因是“吸传统香烟致死”。

“Given that simple truth, we can no longer support smoking on our sites, even in shelters or cars,” said Dr. David Carruthers, the medical director of SandWell and West Birmingham Hospitals N.H.S. Trust, which oversees the hospitals.

“鉴于这个简单的事实，我们不能再支持吸烟，即使是在吸烟棚或汽车中，”Sandwell和West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust的医疗主管David Carruthers博士说。

Ashtrays have been removed from the hospitals’ outDoor smoking areas, and anyone caught smoking on the premises faces a fine of 50 pounds, or $63. The use of e-cigarettes is allowed on the hospitals’ grounds, aside from near doorways, and former smoking shelters have been turned into vaping areas.

医院的室外吸烟区已经不再设有烟灰缸，吸烟将面临50英镑或63美元的罚款。但是，医院可以使用电子烟（除门口外），并且以前的传统吸烟区已经变成了电子烟吸烟区。