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Due to the relative newness of the technology and the possible relationship to tobacco laws, electronic cigarette legislation and public health investigations are currently pending in many countries. A recently sensationalized test by the FDA concluded that two of the manufacturers of e-cigarettes had small samples of one of the same sixty known carcinogens as regular cigarettes. The FDA performs these tests on thousands of products every year and recalls or bans sale of items it deems dangerous to public safety.
E-Cigarettes have NOT been banned and are sold in all 50 states.
It should come as no surprise that Philip Morris firmly supports the Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act. The bill made producing tobacco products more expensive and, as we've seen, maybe even endanger non-tobacco products. The effect is to make life more difficult for Philip Morris's smaller competitors, because they cannot absorb the costs of regulation as well.
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In Australia, the sale of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is illegal.
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In Austria and Denmark, electronic cigarettes are considered medical devices, and nicotine cartridges medicinal products. Therefore electronic cigarettes need to be CE-marked, and nicotine cartridges registered as medicinal products, before either can be legally sold.
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In Canada, e-cigarettes are banned pending government testing.
- In Hong Kong, the possession or the sale of electronic cigarettes is illegal. Ironic, considering many are made in China.
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In The Netherlands, use of electronic cigarettes is allowed, but advertising is forbidden pending European Union legislation.
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In the United Kingdom, electronic cigarette use is currently unrestricted, with celebrity nightclub Chinawhite allowing use of the devices indoors, where traditional cigarette smoking is prohibited.
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In the United States, electronic cigarettes are currently unrestricted. Electronic cigarettes are currently not subject to restriction under the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act.
The basic idea is this: it looks like a cigarette, delivers nicotine like a cigarette, and even puffs "smoke" like a cigarette (actually water vapor.) But an e-cigarette doesn't have any of the tobacco or additives of a cigarette. It's just a battery-charged cartridge.
But some people aren't comfortable with the idea of an alternative that is is still addictive. E-cigarettes currently exist in a legal gray zone -- they have not been officially approved or banned by the FDA, and are still commonly sold in the US.
What exactly is the "mistake" that consumers would be making to think that e-cigarettes are safer than normal cigarettes? While ingesting nicotine is not "safe" in an absolute sense, e-cigarettes are smokeless.
As mentioned, there is debate about whether or not the FDA has jurisdiction over e-cigarettes. The Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act was passed by the House on April 2nd, and is now in the Senate. One of its provisions would allow the FDA "to review and consider the evidence for additional indications for nicotine replacement products." That could be interpreted to allow e-cigarettes to fall under the FDA's jurisdiction.
Another unique thing about e-cigarettes is that unlike the tobacco industry, which is dominated by a few large corporations (Altria, which owns Philip Morris, produces half the cigarettes in the US), some smaller firms have been able to produce and market these devices.
Currently E-Cigarettes are NOT
subject to the new tobacco tax.
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