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Lets not ‘stub out’ E-Cigarettes; ‘stub out’ irresponsible adults.

Posted on: February 26th, 2014 by admin No Comments

The government have recently announced that Under 18s in the UK are to be banned from the use of electronic cigarettes, with experts citing that it is not yet known what harm the tobacco free devices could inflict and that their contents could be damaging to young people’s health.

Alongside the ban,  Ministers also plan to make it illegal for adults to buy traditional cigarettes for anyone under 18. Experts want to crack down on the number of young people smoking by bringing the law in line with restrictions on the sale of alcohol.

For us (and many others in the industry it seems) we are in complete support of the legislation, however once again the e-cigarette becomes ‘the bad and the ugly’ in the story, with ‘the good’ about the life saving devices completely ignored.  (more…)


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