EU Clive Bates: Medicines regulation for e-cigarettes – when caution can kill

[Bill Godshall]

Clive Bates: Medicines regulation for e-cigarettes – when caution can kill
Medicines regulation for e-cigarettes – when caution can kill « The counterfactual

Another excellent analysis and posting by Clive regarding potential MHRA regulation of e-cigarettes in the UK.

 

[rolygate]

All the MHRA are interested in doing is removing ecigs from the marketplace, whatever else they say. There is no such thing as 'light-touch regulations'. Any such regs would morph into stealth regs to remove ecigs, once the regulatory framework is in position. The MHRA are about as corrupt* as you can get without having the mafia running a government department.

I've explained the basic issues regarding a regulatory framework here:

An Appropriate Regulatory Framework for E-Cigarettes


* Definition of corruption: when a government employee or agency clearly works directly against the best interests of public health, and instead protects an industry, or protects agency funding, or works for personal gain.