James, who won 53 international caps and 572 Premier League appearances, in a career spanning three decades, revealed smoking left him unable to run two laps of an athletics track.
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Smokers aged 18 and over are encouraged by the NHS and the Government to use vaping to help get off cigarettes and they are seen as a key tool for the UK to become smoke-free by 2030.