Is The Electronic Cigarette Illegal?
The electronic cigarette movement is gaining ground around the world, offering smokers a healthier alternative to ordinary cigarettes. E-cigarette technology uses an electronic circuit to produce nicotine vapor, simulating the act of smoking ordinary cigarettes, without the harmful tar and carbon monoxide content.
Electronic cigarettes offer the same nicotine satisfaction as ordinary cigarettes, which is why they have such widespread appeal. E-cigarettes are legal in many parts of the world, but there are a few countries that have unreasonably outlawed or placed stringent restrictions on the possession and sale of this technological innovation.
Australia and Hong Kong, Jordan, Singapore and Thailand are the few countries in the world that have completely outlawed the possession and sale of nicotine e-cigarettes. Other countries, like Austria, Denmark, Malaysia and New Zealand, have placed restrictions on nicotine cartridges. In these countries, nicotine is considered to be a medicinal product.
The United States has apprehensively accepted the use of e-cigarettes, although the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is still investigating the safety of this product. As a result, many imports of electronic cigarettes to the US have been blocked.
Other countries that have accepted the sale and use of e-cigarettes are the United Kingdom, Canada, China, and South Africa.
These are perhaps the only countries willing to try something new. Look at the facts – we know tobacco smoking kills and thus far have found e-cigarettes to be better than the traditional kind, for your health and for the environment. We can only hope that one day they will be un-banned and legalized in those unfortunate countries.
It is understandable that the development of a product that will virtually put an end to the tobacco industry around the world is met with hostility. The best thing you can do for yourself or anyone you know who smokes is to find out accurate information on the e-cigarette.
This means discounting what the general media say about it and doing some independent research. The argument regarding the legality of this product borders on ludicrous. Not only does it give people a healthy alternative to smoking but it weans them off the nicotine that they have been using for years.
There are no adverse side effects other than the mild symptoms associated with nicotine use in an e-cigarette. As the debate rages on, reports roll in from every corner of the globe as e-cigarettes cause thousands of people to quit smoking, or turn to vaping full time.
