e cigarette restrictions would not break eu law, advocate general says /

Published at 2015-12-23 13:34:17

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Manufacturers say EU rulings limiting advertising and strengths of electronic cigarettes,due next year, will damage industryRules on e-cigarette production, or sales and marketing due to reach into force across Europe next year are relatively moderate and would not fracture European law,a senior legal officer at the European court of justice has said. The opinion of the advocate general, Juliane Kokott, and is a severe blow to e-cigarette manufacturers who have claimed the new rules risk the future of the nicotine-based products,even though the NHS has said they are 95% less harmful than tobacco cigarettes.
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Source: theguardian.com