Government recommends e-cigs??

[hifistud]

Apparently so...

Go have e a read:

www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/14/smokeless-nicotine-cigarettes-government

[jerryrm]

Finally a voice of reason, honesty and common sense.

[Jemima]

OMG!!!

You think the price is gonna go up now ? Tends to happen when governments get involved ...

[Scylla]

Very welcome info, Hifi, thanks for passing it on. It might even give our Perpy a momentary lift

Quote:

What we're asking for is a regulation change to bring all nicotine products into a light-touch regime that will guarantee reasonable purity and safety standards but make them as available as cigarettes in a shop.

It's promising, if the other option was likely to be a ban.

scylla

[monster74]

Bout time they woke up and smelled the vape

[River]

why not try to get a member of the nudge team on the show?????

[hifistud]

Sept 15, 2011 5:50:24 GMT River said:

why not try to get a member of the nudge team on the show?????

Working on it....

[Lilac]

Great news

[hifistud]

Sept 15, 2011 0:25:54 GMT Scylla said:

Very welcome info, Hifi, thanks for passing it on. It might even give our Perpy a momentary lift

Quote:

What we're asking for is a regulation change to bring all nicotine products into a light-touch regime that will guarantee reasonable purity and safety standards but make them as available as cigarettes in a shop.

It's promising, if the other option was likely to be a ban.

scylla

Hmmm... remember the "light touch" regulation on Herbal products?? And, of course, this will have nothing whatever to do with Nicoventures' up-coming launch of the Laugesen Nicotine Pyruvate alternative - nononono - heaven forfend anyone would grease the wheels of commerce with a donation to, arm, well, you know...

[foxy9212]

I'm guardedly optimistic although I wonder how much choice we will actually have and how expensive it will be. Will the Government take heed of advice from the 'nudgers' or will the EU override them.

Fox

[Tetsab]

I'm with Foxy - guarded optimism.

I rather suspect (and hope) there may be at least some element here of 'somebody in officialdom' slowly waking up to the idea that the e-cig genie is basically already out of the bottle and beginning to realise that their chances of stuffing it back in there aren't good, at least not without seeing an instant new black market pop into existence and thereby denying themselves any chance at all of tapping into the new revenue stream this represents.

Depending on how well-informed they are, it may in fact have dawned on them they are already benefiting from import duties, VAT and taxes being paid by our most familiar reputable suppliers. These companies are NOT a bunch of fly-by-night cowboys but rather a number of already well-established new businesses making strenuous efforts to supply a rapidly-growing and highly competitive marketplace with the best quality products they can lay their hands on, even despite the efforts of some the Chinese hardware manufacturers!

I really do wish there was some way of quantifying or at least estimating with some accuracy how many regular vapers there actually already ARE in the UK, to the nearest few thousand or so. Is anyone else here aware of whether any such figures exist? Some days I think there must be hundreds of thousands of us, others I get downcast and think we're a tiny minority.

Either way, these prospective new products Dave mentions will have to compete in this marketplace, and I believe that many committed vapers would be likely to at least consider criminalising themselves rather than either accept an expensive 'approved' alternative or return to using tobacco.

[Clutter]

I don't think the Dept of Guesswork can possibly know how many smokers or vapers there are in the UK. All their stats are extrapolated from iffy research.

Criminalising e-cigs and associated paraphanalia isn't likely to be very successful IMO. Illegal drugs are easily available despite the law. Snus is available despite being illegal to sell in the EU. I expect incandescent light bulbs will continue to be available too, even when retailers existing stocks are exhausted

The demographics of people with criminal offences for buying and selling prohibited items should be very interesting in a few years

[rog]

Good to read although it has to be guarded optimism when governments are involved.

Have you guys read the comments? Boy are there some crazies on there shouting about banning all nicotine products, some seriously ignorant, smug self-satisfied, arrogant gits IMHO!

[Scylla]

Sept 17, 2011 21:14:04 GMT rog said:

...ignorant, smug self-satisfied, arrogant gits...

Don't hold back, Rog Well said!

scylla

[rog]

^ lol!