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The World Health Organization stated in September 2008 that it does not consider the electronic cigarette to be a real smoking cessation aid, and demanded that marketers immediately remove from their products any statements that the W.H.O. considers electronic cigarettes safe and effective. The W.H.O. says that to its knowledge, “no rigorous, peer-reviewed studies have been conducted showing that the electronic cigarette is a safe and effective nicotine replacement therapy. WHO does not discount the possibility that the electronic cigarette could be useful as a smoking cessation aid.” W.H.O. Tobacco Free Initiative director ad interim Douglas Bettcher states that “If the marketers of the electronic cigarette want to help smokers quit, then they need to conduct clinical studies and toxicity analyses and operate within the proper regulatory framework. Until they do that, W.H.O. cannot consider the electronic cigarette to be an appropriate nicotine replacement therapy, and it certainly cannot accept false suggestions that it has approved and endorsed the product.”
In Malaysia, electronic cigarettes are recognized as medical devices, much like in Austria and Denmark, and nicotine cartridges’ medicinal products, but are available by prescription only. A medical device is a product that is used for medical purposes in patients, in diagnosis, therapy or surgery. If used on or in the body, the effect of the medical device is chiefly physical, in contrast to pharmaceutical drugs, which cause a biochemical effect. Specific regional definitions of medical device may vary slightly. The medical devices are included in the category Medical technology. Medical devices encompass a wide range of products varying in complexity and application. Examples include tongue depressors, medical thermometers, blood sugar meters, and X-ray machines.
Well, even though the government of Malaysia has recognized the electronic cigarette as a medical device and has not completely outlawed the product as a couple of other countries, the status that the electronic cigarette has found itself in is still subject to strict controls. This position that a lot of states have adopted in respect to the electronic cigarette is widely seen as a transitional stance as the product undergoes more research to test safety issues.
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I think all the countries especially the US should allow the electronic cigarette to be legal.
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It will be interesting how this all turns out in the next couple of years. They should definitely be legal and be allowed in non-smoking areas seeing as they don't emit smoke or affect people around them because they don't emit smoke. Judge Leon has started it off, now let's see what happens next.