S. Korea bans online e-cig sales

[TropicalBob]

Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea

Interesting reasoning on why an e-cig is still a cig.

 

[Schroedinger's cat]

Yes, interesting reasoning but -unless the translation does not correspond, which is certainly possible- it seems also incorrect. There is a specific reference to "smoking", which requires combustion, and that is not how the e-cig works. Also, the second part of the sentence seems to imply that this is a problem if one smokes nicotine extracted from tobacco leaf (see quoted sentence below). This should involve a ban on the sales of liquid, not of the device itself

“Cigarettes prescribed in the tobacco Business Act encompass substances that can be smoked like a cigarette even if no tobacco leaf is used. Therefore, electronic cigarettes, an electronic device for intake and a filter with condensed nicotine extracted from tobacco leaf, correspond to cigarettes under the Tobacco Business Act.”

 

[taz3cat]

Very shrewed thinking, we need give them a prize for their sharp minds. If it looks like a cigarette it must be a cigarette. Can beat that. Penstyle, no-nic should be Ok.

 

[dc2k08]

is the nicotine in the liquid all extracted from tobacco though?
I would like to see their definition of cigarettes prescribed in that business act.

 

[SMILIN]

Ha, at least they can still be sold in stores.....hope the internet ban doesn't spread to us.

 

[Bertrand]

is the nicotine in the liquid all extracted from tobacco though?

Yes. .

 

[Denni]

Yes. .

Not necessarily. There was talk that Freesmoke liquid (made in Spanish pharmacy) uses nic extracted from potatoes, but I can find no confirmation of that.

It's certainly possible.

 

[TropicalBob]

That's not financially feasible. The nicotine in e-liquid is most likely acquired from the same market that services Big Tobacco. While potatoes and eggplant have nicotine, it's negligible and never likely to be able to provide commercial quantities.

But this is all so secretive that no one really knows. And that's a problem in and of itself.

 

[Grumpysanta]

All I see here is Big Tobacco and Big Pharma fighting back. Trouble is once one country sets the standard, others can follow. Our days could be seriously numbered here - watch out.

 

[PeteMcArthur]

All I see here is Big Tobacco and Big Pharma fighting back. Trouble is once one country sets the standard, others can follow. Our days could be seriously numbered here - watch out.

It worries the hell out of me I can't forsee a ban on the hardware, they haven't stopped the sale of drug paraphernalia but the liquid could be banned almost instantly, just class it as a restricted drug and we are in real trouble. Sadly I don't see anything we can do, we are a tiny minority and will not get any support. Time to buy e-liquid by the gallon and get the homebrew technique perfected.