What Are The Current Regulations On E-cigs?
With electronic cigarettes sweeping across the world of those who smoke, especially in the light of aggressive anti-smoking bans put in place over the last few years, regulators have recently had to start playing a game of catch up. In the US, the FDA has decided to play it heavy on e-cigarette users, but what about here – what is the status of the e-cigarette UK wise? The e-cigarette was first developed over 5 years ago, in China, to meet a perceived demand from smokers, who were suffering under their recently-enacted public smoking ban. This worked out so well for many smokers, that the e-cigarette quickly became used as a substitute for tobacco; they then started being sold across the world. The concept is fairly simple – a slim cylinder, similar in appearance to a normal cigarette that has a cartridge filled with a nicotine solution, and an ‘atomiser’ to vaporise the liquid. When the user draws on the mouthpiece, the atomiser heats the liquid, delivering nicotine-infused vapour to
