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Today the European Parliament rejected the proposed e-cig ban (via regulation as medicines), and then approved new tobacco regulations (which will otherwise do very little to reduce cigarette smoking).
Per the EU Parliament's press release
Tobacco: larger warnings, flavours banned, e-cigarettes regulated
If this description is accurate, the ban on many/most e-cig ads will likely slow down the surging growth in e-cig sales/consumption by smokers in the EU, and some "health warnings" on e-cigs might deceive consumers (like the mandated smokeless tobacco warnings in the US). But otherwise, the regulations described above appear reasonable and responsible.
Proposed amendments to EU Tobacco Products Directive (see Amendment 170 that was approved by 362 to 298 vote)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides...E-513.109&format=PDF&language=EN&secondRef=02
Here's the first BBC article on the vote
BBC News - MEPs tighten anti-tobacco laws aimed at young smokers
There's discussion on a thread about this in EU Legislation at
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ocotober-2013-eu-rejected-ecigs-medecine.html
This huge victory for vapers and for public health should help convince FDA officials to reconsider their plan to propose the "deeming" regulation (which would ban all e-cigs not on the market before 2007) and other regulations for e-cigs (sales/marketing restrictions, nicotine level/concentration restrictions, flavor bans/restrictions) that would decimate the industry, that would deprive vapers of legal access to many/most/all e-cig products, and that would be a disaster for consumer and public health.
Per the EU Parliament's press release
Tobacco: larger warnings, flavours banned, e-cigarettes regulated
E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes should be regulated, but not be subject to the same rules as medicinal products unless they are presented as having curative or preventive properties. Those for which no such claims are made should contain no more than 30mg/ml of nicotine, should carry health warnings and should not be sold to anyone under 18 years old. Manufacturers and importers would also have to supply the competent authorities with a list of all the ingredients that they contain. Finally, e-cigarettes would be subject to the same advertising restrictions as tobacco products.
If this description is accurate, the ban on many/most e-cig ads will likely slow down the surging growth in e-cig sales/consumption by smokers in the EU, and some "health warnings" on e-cigs might deceive consumers (like the mandated smokeless tobacco warnings in the US). But otherwise, the regulations described above appear reasonable and responsible.
Proposed amendments to EU Tobacco Products Directive (see Amendment 170 that was approved by 362 to 298 vote)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides...E-513.109&format=PDF&language=EN&secondRef=02
Here's the first BBC article on the vote
BBC News - MEPs tighten anti-tobacco laws aimed at young smokers
There's discussion on a thread about this in EU Legislation at
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ocotober-2013-eu-rejected-ecigs-medecine.html
This huge victory for vapers and for public health should help convince FDA officials to reconsider their plan to propose the "deeming" regulation (which would ban all e-cigs not on the market before 2007) and other regulations for e-cigs (sales/marketing restrictions, nicotine level/concentration restrictions, flavor bans/restrictions) that would decimate the industry, that would deprive vapers of legal access to many/most/all e-cig products, and that would be a disaster for consumer and public health.
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