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Post by jezza on Jun 12, 2013 12:38:47 GMT
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Post by jezza on Jun 12, 2013 12:46:10 GMT
Just a note on this announcement before you all head back to your cigs this has a good few years to go to get in place and many think it's actually all smoke and mirrors thus means very little. I suspect we'll get some serious legal challenges too.
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Post by daz essex larsen on Jun 12, 2013 13:27:20 GMT
Hope your right fella,better stock up on juice,just in case
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Post by DaveM on Jun 12, 2013 13:39:10 GMT
What did I ever do with the dislike button  It will be interesting watching this lot develop |
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Post by jezza on Jun 12, 2013 14:01:10 GMT
Well technically you'll still be able to buy all the ingredients to make it off the shelf. So the underground market will flourish as will home 'brewers' so to speak. I can understand a bit of legislation because nicotine is a poison and mixed incorrectly could do a bit of damage BUT, surely that's a better alternative than having legions of us out in our RV's cooking the stuff up 'breaking bad' style? This line in the statement gets me the most: "Campaigners say the growing popularity of e-cigarettes could undermine years of anti-smoking efforts " Erm what? What this really means is "we're not making any money off this as pharmaceutical companies and nor is the government able to tax it. Lets mess with them so they have to!" Pure madness. |
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Post by jezza on Jun 12, 2013 14:05:30 GMT
Another thing to consider is the availability of Chinese liquid, while a scary prospect some make a really quality product. Nothing will stop people importing it privately and most of the devices we all smoke are made in china so if you're prepared to go 100% red then it wont effect you at all.
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Post by jelv on Jun 12, 2013 15:03:31 GMT
Hopefully regulation will mean that availability and price will change little, but you can be confident of the quality of products you buy. What you want to see now is a campaign to make sure the regulations are appropriate rather than campaigns to kill off the move.
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Post by jezza on Jun 12, 2013 15:23:02 GMT
I would like to see independent regulations for the making of eliqud, like Jelv says its safer for the consumer. The only trouble is the EU have been trying to get a complete ban or at worst a limit of .4mg and the distribution of controlled by the pharmaceuticals for a while. That would = a substantial cost hike and a very ineffective product.
From what I've read the MHRA have given the EU a tool to use in Europe by saying this country supports such legislation on ecigs. The worst thing that could happen would be it to fall totally in the hands of the big pharamas because we all know how much they love money.
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