The days of the smokeless cigarette may be coming to an end in Denmark because they have been found to contain an unapproved form of nicotine. The Danish Medicines Agency, the government department in charge of drug approval, determined that the type of nicotine used has not been certified by the government, reports the Copenhagen Post newspaper.
Once Denmark outlawed smoking in public places, nicotine addicts found a potential saviour in the electronic cigarette. These smokeless devices look like plastic cigarette holders, and even have a fake glowing ember on the end; and while they do contain nicotine, they contain no tar or any other chemicals.
These smokeless cigarettes have become popular among serious smokers because they still contain a form of nicotine, though it is different from the kind normally found in standard cigarettes. This is the problem the Danish government has with these cigarettes distributed by U2Lifestyle International.
Jorn Phigalt, the head of U2Lifestyle International, claim’s that the concerns of the Medicines Agency are “nonsense.” He explained that “they’re just something that smokers can use in restaurants or after an evening at the theatre.” Phigalt does not believe the Danish government can stop him from selling his products.
“We can still legally sell electronic cigarettes, cigars and pipes from other European countries, and Danes aren’t forbidden from buying them over the Internet for their own use,” Phigalt contends.
Ahem. There’s one form of nicotine, and it’s called nicotine. Of all the various desperate measures that governments around the world are taking to make sure their loyal subjects keep dying from cancer, this is among the most outlandish.
Never mind the fact that numerous studies have already been conducted, all finding e-cigs MILES healthier than regular cigarettes, the real insanity here is that e-cigs are being banned BECAUSE they’re better for you than smoking: If this were just a new brand of cigarette loaded with all the same deadly toxins and carcinogens, with disgusting smelly smoke that makes everyone uncomfortable, it would be allowed, no questions asked. But because it *will* extend your life exactly as much as giving up cigarettes would (as that’s exactly what it enables smokers to do), it becomes a medicinal product and as such it needs to be tightly controlled.
So while we wait for politicians to order the same studies that have already been performed and ignored many times elsewhere in the world, people keep dying. Thank God for government. After all, we wouldn’t want people to start saving their own lives, would we.
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>the type of nicotine used has not been certified by the government
Reality behind this — “we don’t have it set to tax it enough yet so it is banned”
Typical government burecrat greed hidden as “health” issue.
We are having the same issues over here in the USA. The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is looking to regulate and possibly ban electronic cigarettes until more research is done. It will be unfortunate if they ban e-cigarettes, as many people will return to life threatening tobacco cigarettes.
I do not agree, the electronic cigarette can not stop smoking. As against it can replace some cigarettes in the day.
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