Hello my friends! I have seen no thread covering recent events in Hungary, so if there is one already I apologize, but I couldn't find it.
What's happening is that the Hungarian government is at it again. They just presented a draft bill (T/7404) to the parliament, which is supposed to be their own version of the TPD, but is actually much, much worse.
The bill presents the use of electronic cigarettes as being identical to smoking and allows the usage of such products only in designated smoking areas (which basically sends people who managed to quit back into other peoples smoke...). Furthermore e-cigarettes (we know which types...) and associated products may only be sold in national tobacco stores (no more webshops and stuff) and e-liquid may not contain any flavoring.
So yea if that bill passes, it pretty much means the end of the e-cigarette industry in Hungary and will possibly result in countless lives lost in the future, lives of people who would've had a chance with e-cigarettes.
In the meantime politicians and the media are leading an aggressive campaign against e-cigarettes. Lately there have been tv shows with doctors as guests who describe e-cigarettes as being far worse for your health than traditional cigarettes...
There is a petition on change.org attempting to stop the bill from passing. I'm not sure how a change.org petition can help in times like these, but I'm pretty sure it's better than doing absolutely nothing, so here's the link in case some of you may want to sign it: https://www.change.org/p/magyarország-kormánya-racionális-és-emberi-e-cigaretta-szabályozást
The petition is written in Hungarian, but I'm sure you can use google translate or something to read it. It basically voices the demands of the vaping community towards the prime minister to have the bill in question rejected.
I myself am not from Hungary, so other people might know more about the subject in which case I invite them to feel free and add more information to the thread or correct me if I'm wrong. However I do have friends in Hungary and I thought I'd try to help raise awareness. I mean vapers need to stick together no matter where they live no?
Cheers and thanks for reading!
What's happening is that the Hungarian government is at it again. They just presented a draft bill (T/7404) to the parliament, which is supposed to be their own version of the TPD, but is actually much, much worse.
The bill presents the use of electronic cigarettes as being identical to smoking and allows the usage of such products only in designated smoking areas (which basically sends people who managed to quit back into other peoples smoke...). Furthermore e-cigarettes (we know which types...) and associated products may only be sold in national tobacco stores (no more webshops and stuff) and e-liquid may not contain any flavoring.
So yea if that bill passes, it pretty much means the end of the e-cigarette industry in Hungary and will possibly result in countless lives lost in the future, lives of people who would've had a chance with e-cigarettes.
In the meantime politicians and the media are leading an aggressive campaign against e-cigarettes. Lately there have been tv shows with doctors as guests who describe e-cigarettes as being far worse for your health than traditional cigarettes...
There is a petition on change.org attempting to stop the bill from passing. I'm not sure how a change.org petition can help in times like these, but I'm pretty sure it's better than doing absolutely nothing, so here's the link in case some of you may want to sign it: https://www.change.org/p/magyarország-kormánya-racionális-és-emberi-e-cigaretta-szabályozást
The petition is written in Hungarian, but I'm sure you can use google translate or something to read it. It basically voices the demands of the vaping community towards the prime minister to have the bill in question rejected.
I myself am not from Hungary, so other people might know more about the subject in which case I invite them to feel free and add more information to the thread or correct me if I'm wrong. However I do have friends in Hungary and I thought I'd try to help raise awareness. I mean vapers need to stick together no matter where they live no?
Cheers and thanks for reading!