Deadly nicotine blows its way into e-cigarettes

[The_horz]

A Sun-Herald investigation has found tobacconists and other businesses are selling potentially deadly nicotine products as traders seek to cash in on the boom in electronic cigarettes.

Research suggests battery-powered e-cigarette devices could be a safer alternative to cigarettes. But the illegal nicotine-laced ''e-juice'' - which is heated into vapour and then inhaled from the gadgets - is the subject of growing health warnings.

Eight shops were found to be selling a range of banned nicotine formulas in bottles that carried no list of ingredients, no warnings and, in some cases, no labels. Many originate from backyard laboratories.

While many are pre-mixed products from overseas, others are made locally using imported ''base'' nicotine under confusing legislation that governs personal use.

A spokesman for the federal Department of Health said on Friday it was ''exploring options for further regulation'' of electronic nicotine delivery systems.

A NSW Health spokesman confirmed that to date no person had been provided with a licence to supply nicotine-based e-liquids, and that people caught ''supplying'' or ''using'' the products faced prosecution.

While most e-cigarette users believe the industry needs regulation, some fear a blanket ban would not only prevent them from ''vaping'' but also drive them back to smoking regular cigarettes.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/heal...ecigarettes-20130921-2u6n2.html#ixzz2fXzfEl4k

 

[f33lg00d]

While many ''vapers'' are importing nicotine liquid for genuine personal use, The Sun-Herald is aware of others who regard the law as a loophole to flood the black market and profit commercially.

Why wouldn't they want the profits to stay in australia? Users are only allowed to buy e-liquid from overseas but not from in side the country. Good job getting poorer Australia, the rest of the world will kindly take you're money

 

[Flynnal]

Trouble is, these losers don't understand the market changing around them, and don't want to change to suit the prevailing momentum - that is, people are switching to e-cigs and using e-juice instead of smoking regular cigarettes for obvious reasons.

Confusing legislation, yes, it is confusing, but I'd hate to think of what the legislation would say if it was less confusing, so to speak. An outright ban? Or severely restricted e-juice range sold in Australia (menthol and tobacco only) ? Or maybe banning import of the e-juice from overseas? That wouldn't be confusing but it would surely be a very big fuck you to smokers who are trying to give up the regular stinky taste-destroying cigarettes without question.

Seems the colonial idea of prohibition is the most popular with the lunatic monkeys who run my country.