e-Juice and vaping
Colin Davies
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If we believe that combustion of tobacco likely to cause cancer causing carcinogens.
Then we must not consider e-Juice to be in the same category as no combustion is involved.
Whilst e-juice or e-liquid contain nicotine so do tomatoes, eggplant and a variety of medicinal products that are ingested.
Various political and financial forces are at work to regulate, legalise and even prohibit e-juice through the world today.
An ever increasing number of people are leaving tobacco smoking and switching to ejuice vaping.
The pressures being put on the current ejuice revolution are more financial then medical related.
Governments are losing tax revenues as there revenue is being slashed.
The large tobacco companies have now all bought into the new industry and are wanting to use regulations to remove smaller players.
All the while people like myself are experiencing health benefits from switching.
Can the IMP protect NZ vapers and assist the from returning to combustion of tobacco?
Colin Davies Wed 30 Jul 2014 9:42AM
@robertfrittmann
Thanks.
Good attitude you have, mine is quite similar. Sometimes I take a few days to make a decision.
Robert Frittmann Wed 30 Jul 2014 10:15AM
@colindavies
If a proposal particularly takes my interest I'll jump on it straight away and have my say. If not, I'll try to take a look and "exercise my franchise" before the proposal pops off the top of the list, normally within 1 day of closing.
Colin Davies Wed 30 Jul 2014 10:21PM
From the limited members in the Healthcare Section, There is an acceptance on a need for e-juice regulations.
Heath Blyde Fri 1 Aug 2014 1:06PM
I'm not sure if anyone has brought this up, but studies show that when propylene glycol (the liquid that is the base for ejuce) when heated to the high temperatures that cause it to vaporise, creates formaldehyde, not as much as a regular cigarette but the particles are much smaller than that of a cigarette. More information Click Here Or Here
Colin Davies Fri 1 Aug 2014 10:02PM
@heathblyde
Yes, vaping is not 100% safe like some manufacturers claim.
Also it appears the modified e-cigs as in low ohm devices are the main contributor to this.
Luke Williams · Mon 28 Jul 2014 1:26AM
@colindavies I completely understand. We in NZ have a very high standard for our exports, most countries don't. I spent a few years working at a lab testing imported food, was quite shocking seeing some of the results. Currently contracted by another lab that could easily implement e-juice testing (would maybe need to order a few reference standards) ensuring products produced in NZ are safe for consumers and safe for export. We have plenty of infrastructure for such testing. Would be well worth it for NZ to get into the ejuice game.