With Americans and Britons alike kicking their smoking habits, lighting up isn’t cool anymore. At the same, time vaping is increasing in popularity as a healthier alternative to tobacco. And new research suggests it’s luring in smokers and helping them stub out the fags for good.

From nicotine gum to e-cigarettes, the global smoking cessation-aid market was worth around $2.4 billion in 2011, and as healthcare costs soar and more people seek to give up, its value is set to grow. But when it comes to kicking the habit, what will get people to quit – the carrot or the stick?

The image of smoking has moved from something that was once glamourous to sad images of office workers huddled outside in the cold. As people become increasingly aware of their health, and the government makes efforts to stop the idolisation of smoking, less people are lighting up.

When we think ‘stoner’, we rarely picture a female – but legalisation in the US is turning the tide on weed culture. An increasing number of women are now ‘out’ about their toking habit and some are getting into the industry, suggesting that when it comes to cannabis, the future might just be female.