If your going to regulate products like e-cigs and enforce health
warnings, then should not the same apply to fast food, alcohol, caffeine
and many other products. It is now known that fast food is a
contributor to the current obesity problem, and the costs to the NHS and
other organisations regarding alcohol abuse
I think this TPD is more about protecting the big pharmaceutical
companies and the tobacco industry and associated revenues, and nothing
to do with public health, it’s more a case of we need to look like we
are doing something while actually doing nothing. If the EU was
concerned with public health they would not have banned products like
Swedish Snus across Europe.
Yes the ecig industry needs regulation but not by classing it as a
medical product when by definition it is not a medical product, which
has already been established by several court cases across Europe. If
ecigs are medical products then cigarettes should also be medical
products as they deliver the same nicotine as the electronic version,
the only difference is with burning tobacco in cigarettes no one can
control the other harmful chemicals that are produced in the smoke.
The
current regulatory frame works would do fine for ecigs with some
additional guide lines brought in to cover the nicotine liquids, all
other aspects are fully covered by current trading standards, CHIP and
various other regulations for consumer products.
Agreed no one yet knows what the long term effects of using
electronic cigarettes are but surly common sense tells you that it’s got
to be far safer than lit tobacco with the 4000+ chemicals some of which
are still unknown but most medical professionals rate as 99% harmless.
I think this TPD is more about protecting the big pharmaceutical companies and the tobacco industry and associated revenues, and nothing to do with public health, it’s more a case of we need to look like we are doing something while actually doing nothing. If the EU was concerned with public health they would not have banned products like Swedish Snus across Europe.
Yes the ecig industry needs regulation but not by classing it as a medical product when by definition it is not a medical product, which has already been established by several court cases across Europe. If ecigs are medical products then cigarettes should also be medical products as they deliver the same nicotine as the electronic version, the only difference is with burning tobacco in cigarettes no one can control the other harmful chemicals that are produced in the smoke.
The current regulatory frame works would do fine for ecigs with some additional guide lines brought in to cover the nicotine liquids, all other aspects are fully covered by current trading standards, CHIP and various other regulations for consumer products.
Agreed no one yet knows what the long term effects of using electronic cigarettes are but surly common sense tells you that it’s got to be far safer than lit tobacco with the 4000+ chemicals some of which are still unknown but most medical professionals rate as 99% harmless.