For a few days in Switzerland, e-liquids containing nicotine are no longer prohibited. If this positive news changes a lot of things for the vaping market, it is also debating by opening up access to nicotine for minors.
SWISS ADDICTION DISCLAIMS ACCESSIBILITY TO NICOTINE FOR MINORS!
To Corine Kibora, spokesperson for Addiction Suisse, there is "A real legal no man's land when it comes to the protection of minors»Following the authorization of e-liquids with nicotine.
Indeed, since April 24, the e-cigarette maybe sold with nicotine. The problem is that while waiting 2022 and the new law on tobacco, the distribution to minors is not settled, and therefore remains ... legal. Information confirmed by the Federal Office for Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs (FSVO). For these products not to be sold at least 18 years, a legal basis would be necessary. There are not any.
In fact, nicotine-free e-cigarettes could already be sold to the younger ones. This is one of the reasons that pushed, mid-March, Graziella Schallermember for Vaud Vert'libéral, to table a motion that all e-cigarettes be subject to the same framework as tobacco products. "We can not wait for 2022 to legislateShe says. The dossier is in the hands of the Vaudois Thematic Commission on Public Health.
Le Federal Administrative Court (TAF) broke the ban on selling electronic cigarettes containing nicotine at the end of April. Until then, nicotine liquids could be imported "for personal use". Now that a gap is open, " the fear is to see companies seize it and the protection of youth undermines"Is alarmed Karin Zürcher, responsible for CIPRET-Vaud. "The use of electronic cigarettes increases the risk of becoming a smoker of traditional cigarettes"Worries Graziella Schaller.
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In the United States, for example, it is "JUUL" the latest trend: a device that dispenses nicotine. It looks like a USB key and has invaded the yard. In Switzerland, to prevent playgrounds from turning into smoking rooms, hopes are based on the sensitivity of vendors or cantonal regulations. A legal hole impossible to fill? "Everyone was taken aback by this situation»Deplores Corine Kibora, spokesperson of Addiction Switzerland.
Because the e-cigarette is not considered a tobacco product. The new law will regulate traditional and electronic cigarettes. By then, the e-cigarette is navigating in murky water.
Source : Lematin.ch/
