It is an unprecedented measure that could well befall the electronic cigarette sector in Italy. To fight against this decree which will bring this market entirely under state monopoly, many demonstrators met on November 29 in Rome.
A MISTY AND NOISE MANIFESTATION!
"The vaping people" took to the streets on November 29 to express his anger, reports Il Fatto Quotidiano. As the Italian newspaper explains, a measure "unprecedented" is about to "to hit the e-cigarette sector and its consumers”:“ The state is getting ready to pull everything it can from the cloud of steam". A decree will put this market entirely under state monopoly, which should bring it 9,5 million euros from next year.
Urban artist "a decision of the Constitutional Court authorizes the State to tax massively the [liquids of] electronic cigarettes, even those without nicotine, ie water and food flavorings."
A crowd of demonstrators "mainly sellers, [store] owners and electronic cigarette smokers" met in the Chamber of Deputies, relates, amused, Vice Italia. And how did they express their opposition? "While vaping. By vaping all together. Exactly. And in doing so, they even sang, like stadium stands, chants on the theme 'we only want to vape''.
Source : Courrierinternational.com/
