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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday May 07 2016, @04:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the industry-is-going-up-in-smoke dept.

U.S. to Crack Down on Tobacco, Electronic Cigarettes

butthurt writes:

NBC News and the Providence Journal report that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a rule which will classify cigars, chewing tobacco and nicotine-containing fluid for electronic cigarettes as tobacco products. Under the rule, sale of those items to people under 18 years of age is to be prohibited. The electronic parts of electronic cigarettes are not covered by the rule. According to NBC News, the rule "will be open for public comment before it becomes final." The FDA regulates cigarettes and loose tobacco for smoking.

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Courts in EU, India Uphold Anti-tobacco Laws

butthurt writes:

On 4 May the European Court of Justice turned down challenges to the 2014 revision of the Tobacco Products Directive. The law entails enlargement of warnings, prohibition of menthol cigarettes, prohibition of packages holding fewer than 20 cigarettes, restrictions on advertising of electronic cigarettes, and limits on the nicotine content of fluid for electronic cigarettes. It enables EU countries to require plain packaging. The court said the regulations were necessary to comply with the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.

Also on 4 May, India's Supreme Court declined to further delay the implementation of a requirement for larger warning messages on cigarette packages. Several cigarette manufacturers including ITC Ltd. have shut down their factories. The chairman of ITC decried the requirement, saying:

Behind this is vested interests... where money is given into the hands of so-called NGOs, who are being influenced to kill local brands knowing fully well that smuggled cigarettes of some other industry are going to be used here.

Golden Tobacco in Gujarat has been following the rule, which had originally been intended to take effect 1 April 2016, "from April 2015 [sic]."

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  • (Score: 1) by quintessence on Sunday May 08 2016, @11:42PM

    by quintessence (6227) on Sunday May 08 2016, @11:42PM (#343341)

    It is?

    Someone going through alcohol withdrawal to where you have to give them ativan to keep them from convulsing, while at the same time keeping them from drinking could be construed as an obvious violation of the person's right to keep drinking, and you are introducing a drug they didn't ask for into their body as a precaution. And then there is the treatment that follows. All standard medical practice, and all a gross violation of the person's rights by your measure.

    It is supremely gray.

  • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday May 09 2016, @02:13PM

    by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Monday May 09 2016, @02:13PM (#343635)

    All standard medical practice, and all a gross violation of the person's rights by your measure.

    What? How is that a violation of a person's rights by my measure? Speak for yourself. If you're talking about forcing them, then yes, that is a violation.