[Kizzy]

'The revised EUTPD should come into force this May and most of the new rules, including a ban on packs of less than 20 cigarettes and 30g of rolling tobacco, should apply by the first half of 2016.

Capsule cigarettes and other 
flavoured tobacco products will be banned from 2016, but a further phase-out period of four years will apply to menthol cigarettes.'

is this suggesting ecigs are to be banned?

http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/ad...355349.article

The amount of nicotine is questionable too, the figures quoted 24mg to 36mg seem really high that's equivalent to 2 packs of cigarettes roughly. C10H14N2 contains carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen... not that beneficial to the human body whatever pseudoscience says.

[billy123]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

'The revised EUTPD should come into force this May and most of the new rules, including a ban on packs of less than 20 cigarettes and 30g of rolling tobacco, should apply by the first half of 2016.

Capsule cigarettes and other 
flavoured tobacco products will be banned from 2016, but a further phase-out period of four years will apply to menthol cigarettes.'

is this suggesting ecigs are to be banned?

http://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/ad...355349.article

The amount of nicotine is questionable too, the figures quoted 24mg to 36mg seem really high that's equivalent to 2 packs of cigarettes roughly. C10H14N2 contains carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen... not that beneficial to the human body whatever pseudoscience says.

In short no.
Capsule cigarettes are normal tobacco cigarettes that you smoke like a regular cigarette but they have a capsule containing flavour in the filter so very different to e-cigs.
Also ecigs are not classed as a tobacco product as they contain no tobacco.

Regarding the Nicotine levels in ecigs v a tobacco cigarette the figures are confusing as a direct comparison in nicotine levels is very misleading as nicotine levels of ejuice are measured in concentrations of a liquid mg/l whereas cigarette nicotine levels are measured in micrograms and are shown as the amount you would be expected to absorb from a single cigarette. i.e. a cigarette with a nicotine level of 1.2mg accounts for there being a 10% absorbtion level of nicotine meaning there is actually 12mg of nicotine in a single cigarette and 240mg of nicotine in a packet of cigs a hell of a lot more than the 24mg per litre in a bottle of ejuice.

The propylene glycol used in ejuices is also used in asthma inhalers,lipstick,soap and all sorts of things and is long known to be completely harmless.