The United Kingdom intends to regulate electronic cigarettes as drugs

The electronic cigarette used by millions of people around the world must be considered to ensure a drug regulations, as recomendóla Drug Regulatory Agency (MHRA ) in the UK .
The British government agency said in a statement that its initiative is for electronic cigarettes (or e- cigarettes) and other snuff with nicotine substitutes are "safer and more effective to reduce the harm of smoking ." Electronic cigarette - that - battery operated nicotine vapor dispersed in the lungs and is sold as a less harmful solution for smokers than traditional cigarettes.
According to its proponents , would also help stop smoking.This device that became popular in Europe in parallel with smoking bans in public places , is currently used by 1.3 million people in the UK, where it is considered a product consumption , according to the MHRA .
The British government now supports an RBI in the European Union ( EU) to electronic cigarettes to be subject to regulations that consider drugs , but it would take effect as soon as law in 2016 . Until then, the MHRA encourage manufacturers of electronic cigarettes that are currently non-approved products on the market to ask the relevant approval "to ensure that their products meet the requirements of safety, quality and efficacy of a drug."
Critics consider the electronic cigarette yet maintaining addiction and denounce an attempt by the tobacco industry to save a discredited business. Others will lament the lack of studies on its long-term consequences . " While it is best to stop smoking completely , I am aware that not all smokers can and is much better to receive nicotine safer sources such as alternative therapies," said lead government medical adviser , Sally Davies.
"More and more people use e- cigarettes , so it is right that these products are properly regulated so that they are safe and function effectively ," he added in comunicado.La British position differs from that of France , which last month announced to ban the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and sale to minors, like a product tabaquero.En other countries like Argentina , Brazil or Colombia marketing is prohibited .