Can Someone clear this up for me?

[Jamesyheap]

My boss told me today the EU plan to ban e cigs, is this a full ban or just indoors?

i also read while looking into it that e cig vapour contains as much passive chemicals than stinkies, but the articles i read failed to name these chemicals. anyone know what these may be? or is it just standard media scare mongering?

I've heard about this Diacetyl incident, which unfortunate as it is has been blown out proportion, i agree to regulating e liquids but the media will use anything they can to put vapours down.

Any information you can give will be much appreciated, i need some ammo for my boss tomorrow.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

My boss told me today the EU plan to ban e cigs, is this a full ban or just indoors?

i also read while looking into it that e cig vapour contains as much passive chemicals than stinkies, but the articles i read failed to name these chemicals. anyone know what these may be? or is it just standard media scare mongering?

I've heard about this Diacetyl incident, which unfortunate as it is has been blown out proportion, i agree to regulating e liquids but the media will use anything they can to put vapours down.

Any information you can give will be much appreciated, i need some ammo for my boss tomorrow.

It's the TPD and it won't be a ban but some serious restrictions, however it may still get overturned, isnt due to come in until 2016 and doesnt actually have to be enforced in any meaningful way by the UK.

Passive Vaping is pure bollocks, heres a great study with easy to read conclusions at the end...
BMC Public Health | Full text | Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks

 

[Diche]

There are some extremely good scientific papers on the subject. However if you read some of the media reports made as each of these papers are published it is sometimes difficult to understand how the journalist could be so biased.

Here is a classic example of a media report and the science behind it

E-cigarettes and vaping ‘may cause lung cancer like normal cigarettes’

E-cigarettes and vaping 'may cause lung cancer like normal cigarettes' | Metro News

Formaldehyde release in e-cigarette vapor: The New York Times story explained in detail

Formaldehyde release in ecigarette vapor The New York Times story explained in detail

[h=1]Carbonyl Compounds in Electronic Cigarette Vapors—Effects of Nicotine Solvent and Battery Output Voltage[/h]

Carbonyl Compounds in Electronic Cigarette Vapors


It would be laughable if it wasn't causing smokers to continue smoking rather than trying vaping.

 

[Jamesyheap]

Thanks Diche and Tubbyengineer very helpful stuff!