34. Electronic cigarette definition
a. An 'electronic cigarette' or 'e-cigarette' or 'PV' (personal vaporizer) or 'EV' (electric or electronic vaporizer) as described on this website is a consumer product designed as an alternative to smoking, for smokers age 18 or over.
b. They are electrical or electronic in design and function, do not contain or use any tobacco, and there is no combustion and no smoke. They supply a flavored water-based aerosol vapor that may or may not contain nicotine.
c. Nicotine is deemed to be a consumer product in the same class as coffee (caffeine): universally legal and without significant health issues when consumed responsibly. Nicotine cannot justifiably be deemed illegal or a medicinal product in any jurisdiction since it is part of the normal diet. Irresponsible consumption is a behavior with risk that is assumed by the consumer as with any dietary component.
c. Use of e-cigarettes is assumed to have a reduction in risk as compared with smoking, since they are tobacco-free and smoke-free, but use is not without risk and users must assume the risk and it cannot be assigned to anyone except the user.
d. ECF does not allow or support the use or discussion of use of any substances that we consider unconnected to normal e-cigarette use or generally recognized as illegal. ECF is a single-topic resource and that topic is the e-cigarette.
e. Members may not discuss non-legal non-consumer drugs.
