Smokers watch out. No, not you in the stairwell lighting-up underneath the, clearly labelled, "No Smoking Sign". Or you, that guy casually blowing smoke in the faces of everyone in Place Lux. I’m talking to you, kid on the bus giddily huffing away at your electronic cigarette. While you may think you’re cheating the system, what you may actually be in store for is a healthy dose of More Europe!
In December 2012 the European Commission issued a press release about a proposal to revise the 13 year old Tobacco Products Directive (2001/37/EC). The revision would focus on five policy areas that include “Smokeless tobacco products and extension of product scope (i.e. nicotine containing products and herbal products for smoking).” This extension of the scope of the Directive would mean that "Nicotine Containing Products (e.g. electronic cigarettes) below a certain nicotine threshold are allowed on the market, but must feature health warnings; above this threshold such products are only allowed if authorised as medicinal products, like nicotine replacement therapies (NRT).”
Currently the threshold for these "nicotine containing products" is 4 mg/ml. Considering most e-cigarettes that contain nicotine have an average of 18 mg/ml, smokers using e-cigarettes compliant with the Directive would get just about the same nicotine fix as they would from this:
A 2012 Eurobarometer survey found that students between the ages of 15-24, as well as ex-smokers, were the most likely of all socio-economic groups to think that e-cigarettes are harmful to health. Nevertheless, there is the ever present concern among the old and worried that cigarette substitutes will become a gateway for youngsters. Ricardo Polosa dismissed this argument in a recent video released by the European Parliament saying that, "There's no evidence in the literature (suggesting increased youth usage) and quite frankly I cannot see any young 14 year-old tapping on the internet, stealing the father's credit card and buying electronic cigarettes." And while a recent gripping headline, "East Lancashire school to stub out pupils smoking the e-cigarette" seems damning, the actual contents of the article are decidedly anticlimactic: “We have no evidence that they (e-cigarettes) are being used in school covertly by pupils but clearly detection is more problematic due to the lack of smell and visibility." Really?
Haha, ignite and explode! Hopefully, no one would think to actually light the thing!
ReplyDeleteI have seen three e-cigs so far amongst my friends, which I think is a high number... all Italians.
Although it is low in nicotine it seems hard to gauge how much you are smoking, yes you can smoke a whole capsule at a time, but with cigarettes you can kind of count how many cigs you've had, rather than puffs of an e-cig.
Smoke in general is a no no for me, so these don't bother me, just seems like no one can stop smoking!
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ReplyDeleteE cigarettes do not contain tobacco and thus they are safe to use. Although, they have nicotine in liquid form but you can reduce the amount of nicotine slowly. You can taste different flavours of e cigarette. You can puff these cigarettes and can reuse them again; on the other hand if you are using a regular cigarette, then you will smoke the complete cigarette. E cigarettes do not produce ash and tar and thus people buy e cigarette starter kits from online stores. The battery is usually lithium ion battery that is rechargeable. Moreover you can try different flavours of e cigarette that is not the option with regular cigarette. To know more about e cigarettes kit you can visit this http://blog.best4ecigs.com/2013/05/what-is-in-e-cigarette-starter-kit.html
ReplyDeleteElectronic cigarettes are considered as a safe to use as it does not contain harmful substances such as tar and toxins, so I think it is best alternative to quit our smoking habit, but it is recommended by experts that we need to choose e cigarette starter kit from a reputed brand.
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