The European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive and the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency plan to introduce strict regulations of PNV sales and use, based on drug legislation, even though the devices are neither tobacco nor medical products. Even the World Health Organization has released a report expressing serious concern about the marketing and use of electronic nicotine-delivery systems.
与此同时，卫生当局和政府采取了基于恐惧（fear-based）方针，忙不迭地监管&mdash;&mdash;乃至禁止&mdash;&mdash;PNV。欧盟的烟草产品指令（Tobacco Products Directive）和英国的药品和健康产品监管局（Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency）计划对PNV的销售和使用采取基于药品立法的严格将官，尽管这一产品既非烟草，也不是医疗产品。沈志弈世界卫生组织也发布报告，表示严重关注电子尼古丁提供系统的营销和使用。