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A [group / troupe] of scientists have written to the World Health Organisation (WHO) two days before World No Tobacco Day on May the 31st. The 53 scientists asked the WHO not to [make / class] e-cigarettes as a tobacco product. E-cigarettes are an [aid / help] to help people quit smoking. They do not have any tobacco inside [there / them] . Instead, they release [the / a] nicotine vapour that makes people feel like they are [smoked / smoking] . Many doctors say this is better for people's [healthy / health] than real cigarettes. The WHO wants countries to put e-cigarettes in the same [category / categorise] as real cigarettes. This means [taxed / taxing] them, banning advertising, introducing health warnings and stopping people from using them in public [places / place] .

The group of scientists [told / tells] the WHO that e-cigarettes are helping to reduce disease and [dies / deaths] from smoking. The scientists said e-cigarettes are a "low-risk [product / produce] " that are "part of the solution" in the fight [for / against] smoking, not part of the problem. They wrote: "These products could be among the most [significantly / significant] health innovations of the 21st century, perhaps [saved / saving] hundreds of millions of lives. The [urge / purge] to control…them as tobacco products should be [resisted / rested] ." However, researchers from the University of Chicago say e-cigarettes could encourage young people [for / to] smoke. They said: "It's possible that seeing e-cigarette use may promote more smoking behavior and [less / fewer] quitting."