EU Poised to Ban Electronic Cigarettes

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Dec 6, 2012 19:26:59 GMT comfrey said:

Oh my I have to confess I like the sound of them. I used to enjoy a Marlborough or 50

cigalikes ... stay on course, comfrey :-)

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Dec 6, 2012 19:30:39 GMT @ashmal said:

cigalikes ... stay on course, comfrey :-)

Whups, sorry. Nearly got drawn in there

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From Clive Bates

Here’s what I think should happen:
The ban on smokeless oral tobacco is unjustified, illegal, harmful to health and represents a denial of consumer and human rights. It should be lifted without delay.
The Commission, member states and elements of the public health community should not misuse the science of smokeless tobacco and harm reduction or use the SCENIHR report to justify a ban on a sub-category of smokeless tobacco. The science does not justify any ban on these products while cigarettes remain widely available and while more hazardous forms of smokeless tobacco is sold freely.
Smokeless tobacco forms part of a ‘harm reduction’ market for lower risk alternatives to smoking – this could be an important market commercially in future, and if it does become sizeable, it will have considerable health benefits by reducing smoking. The EU could facilitate development of this market by setting standards for toxins present in smokeless tobacco placed on the market in the EU.
To balance the market in favour of reduced risk products, governments should consider favourable excise tax treatment, relative to smoked tobacco, for nicotine products with greatly reduced risk, and allow meaningful risk communication through product marketing.
The public health community should be honest about the relative risks of smokeless tobacco and smoking, take an evidence-based approach to policy, and adjust its posture towards harm reduction strategies accordingly. It is lethally irresponsible to mislead smokers about less hazardous alternatives to smoking.

www.clivebates.com/?p=434

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Hopefully the vid i watched a while back where I think it was Rachel Ray talking about ecigs and she didnt even want to touch one lol, maybe she'll re consider that soon.
It's like the dumbest interview,