Electronic cigarette: tobacconists are rubbing their hands

REACTIONS - Tobacconists welcomed the court decision recognizing that the sale of electronic cigarettes must be the tobacco legislation .

This is a decision that could put a serious slowdown in the business vapotage . The Tribunal de Commerce de Toulouse acknowledged Monday that a seller of electronic cigarettes was unfair competition to a tobacconist of the city and that it violated the state monopoly on tobacco sales .
1,500 stores threatened

Thunder which prohibits not only advertising but also the marketing of e- cigarettes nearby newsagents . If the decision is effectively applied, stores electronic cigarettes Plaisance- du-Touch and Colomiers will put the key under the door.

A judgment that is based on the code of public health and which welcomes the tobacconist at the origin of the complaint. " It 's just that this product is distributed in a legal system and monitored to prevent sales to minors and other things like that ," said Hervé Pontus micro RTL .

    We'll have to explain why Brussels has ruled that it was a consumer product that could be sold libreLe owner Esmokeclean shop Plaisance- du-Touch

If the judgment of Toulouse was brought to Court , it could jeopardize the existence of 1,500 stores electronic cigarettes in France . Starting with Esmokeclean shop, e- cigarettes sanctioned in this judgment store.

"When we went to the Chamber of Trades open a shop of electronic cigarettes , has not told us to be part of the monopoly tobacconists . Going to have that explains why Brussels has ruled that s ' was a consumer product that could be counter , "said Raynald Pirat, boss Esmokeclean .
Sellers of e- cigarettes soon pursued?

The Esmokeclean lawyer already meant he would appeal the decision of the commercial court. Suspensive appeal will allow the store to continue to sell and promote its products. An initiative that does not worry the President of the Confederation of tobacconists , Pascal Montredon .health e cigarette review

    We are in a position to ask tobacconists to continue at their level and in their city, all these boutiquesPascal Montredon , president of the Confederation of tobacconists

"For us, this is good news because all the arguments that we put forward for months have been recognized by the court. All forms of cigarettes and smoking every way , even if no tobacco should be reserved for the network of tobacconists . texts are very clear. We are in a position to ask tobacconists to continue at their level and in their city, all these shops , " he has said micro RTL .e cigarette health risk