Rumours about flavour bans, unclear guidelines for new licences and outright misinformation from municipalities have led many to believe that e-cigarettes have become illegal.
Parliament voted against the government's ban on flavours in e-cigarettes. The debate got heated when Yasmine Bladelius (S&D) claimed that the emails and letters received from users were not sent by real people.
The Swedish Social Affairs Committee does not want to ban flavouring in e-cigarettes. This means that the proposition most likely won't pass in parliament.
A majority of parliamentary parties do not want to ban flavours in e-cigarettes. However, the Social Affairs Committee wants to make it a criminal offence for private individuals to sell nicotine products to minors.
The centre-right opposition is now rallying to reject the proposal to ban flavours in e-cigarettes. In practice, this would mean that the proposal would fail in Parliament.
Reduced supply and higher prices for hardware and pre-mixed e-juice. This is expected if the Public Health Agency is allowed to increase the fees for e-cigs and e-liquid.
The government wants to ban our flavours. They don't want our e-cigarettes to taste good. They just want it to taste like "tobacco smoke". What's going on?
I don't want to become a smoker again. Why do you want me to?" Users and entrepreneurs ask this question in a film aimed at politicians in the Social Affairs Committee.
The Left Party will vote in favour of a ban on flavours. The reason is the concern that flavours attract young people and that this benefits the tobacco companies.
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Young people were more inclined to smoke after San Francisco banned flavours in e-cigarettes. "The ban has created incentives to smoke instead of vejpa," researchers say.