E-cigs regulated

final draft, which now just needs member state approval, imposes strict conditions on the sale and advertising of e-cigarettes. From mid-2016, all advertising will be banned in the 28 European Union countries. Packaging will include the warning that “nicotine is addictive and could be harmful”, despite scant evidence so far of the product’s ill effects. The nicotine in e-cigarettes will be capped at 20 milligrams per millilitre of vaporising fluid. Scientists have said this might deter smokers from using them because the strength of a normal cigarette would be closer to 50 milligrams.