(June 24, 2016 at 9:42 am)madog Wrote:(June 24, 2016 at 9:38 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: ...vaping = freedom of speech? Does Europe have a different definition of 'freedom of speech' than we do in America?
Banning the promotion (discussion) of vaping in all media .... any meetings etc etc .... is a ban of speech/expression, if America doesn't think that is a ban of free speech then America is wrong, however I have many american friends that are not so blinkered ...
Well then.... cigarette advertising was already banned, so.... oh no! Freedom of speech infringement!
E-cigs (and similar products) have just been included under the same umbrella as all other tobacco related products.
Stop selling your idiotic view on the subject.
Here, read it: http://ec.europa.eu/health/tobacco/docs/...440_en.pdf
(I didn't read it... I don't smoke... I don't care much... but you may look under page 25 of that PDF)
Compare that with page 9 item (82) of the regulation on other tobacco products:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexU...024:en:PDF