Thanks to leaked documents obtained from the European Commission, and published by The Telegraph, it is revealed that e-cigarettes will be treated just like normal cigarettes which will lead to stricter bans.
The reason for this shift in attitude towards e-cigarettes is because the European Commission is now recognizing that this form of nicotine replacement therapy can also work as a gateway to smoking cigarettes in the future.
In other words, the new policy will include e-cigarettes as a tobacco-related product and will “be regulated within this directive” by 2017.
The proposal that the European Commission has prepared seeks to ban e-cigarettes that release nicotine that is above 20 milligrams per millileter, imitates tobacco in terms of taste or allows for refillable cartridges.
Just a day prior to the release of this document by the publication, the Dutch Health Ministry had already recognized e-cigarettes as being just as harmful as regular cigarettes, and which based on findings made by the Dutch National Institute of Public Health.
However, the Dutch deputy health minister, Martin Van Rijn, wrote a letter to Parliament, stating, “There is insufficient scientific evidence to be able to say whether the quantities of toxins in the exhaled air are dangerous for bystanders.”
Yet measures to address the health threat of e-cigarettes will be implemented regardless of whether a European health policy consensus is reached.
The reason for this is because experts that assembled at the European Parliament last May were unable to come to a conclusion regarding the risks of e-cigarettes as they observed a significant increase in the sale of these cigarettes across Europe.
That said, Hans Christian Holy, a representative from the German E-cigarette user Association mentioned that despite certain risks, e-cigarettes have reduced the number of deaths caused due to tobacco smoke.
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