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The government had proposed that sales of e-cigarettes be limited to the Alpine republic's licensed tobacconists from October to protect young people and for public health reasons.
Specialist sellers of e-cigarettes objected because they would have been allowed only to sell re-usable devices, but not the liquid to fill them or disposable cigarettes.
The court ruled on Monday however, that the proposed amendment was unconstitutional, saying that the health arguments put forward were not solid enough to justify blocking the retailers' right to trade freely and that e-cigarettes should not be treated the same as other tobacco products."
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The government had proposed that sales of e-cigarettes be limited to the Alpine republic's licensed tobacconists from October to protect young people and for public health reasons.
Specialist sellers of e-cigarettes objected because they would have been allowed only to sell re-usable devices, but not the liquid to fill them or disposable cigarettes.
The court ruled on Monday however, that the proposed amendment was unconstitutional, saying that the health arguments put forward were not solid enough to justify blocking the retailers' right to trade freely and that e-cigarettes should not be treated the same as other tobacco products."
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