Q7 Do you think it is important for legislation to impose some form of excise or excise-equivalent duty on nicotine e-liquid, as it does on tobacco products? Yes No X Reasons/additional comments: definitely not it needs to be far cheaper than cigarettes you get enough revenue from us – – smokers as it is. The use of e cigs as a replacement should be encouraged and cheaper cost is a way of doing that. If you are going to tax it to hell like everything else then don’t bother regulating just make the nicotime huice legal and leave it alone! Q8 Do you think quality control of and safety standards for ecigarettes are needed? Yes x No Additional comments: Area of concern Yes No Reasons/additional comments x they already do Childproof containers x Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and ditto liquids x Ability of device to prevent accidents x Good manufacturing practice x up to us to check you don’t do – Purity and grade of nicotine that for smokes! x Registration of products x A testing regime to confirm product safety and contents purity x Maximum allowable volume of e-liquid in Our choice not yours retail sales x As Maximum concentration of nicotine e-liquid x As above Mixing of e-liquids at (or before) point of sale Q9 Are any other comments you would like to make? you should be making these a safe and easily accessible option for smokers like me who have tried patches, gum and twice tried medications that give us a 80% chance of a stroke to quit! This is a far better solution that meets our needs and will be more cost effective for govt health than anything else. Do not price it out of the reach of the normal worker we don’t get Mp – salaries!
Q7 Do you think it is important for legislation to impose some form of excise or excise-equivalent duty on nicotine e-liquid, as it does on tobacco products? Yes No X Reasons/additional comments: definitely not – it needs to be far cheaper than cigarettes – you get enough revenue from us smokers as it is. The use of e cigs as a replacement should be encouraged and cheaper cost is a way of doing that. If you are going to tax it to hell like everything else then don’t bother regulating just make the nicotime huice legal and leave it alone! Q8 Do you think quality control of and safety standards for ecigarettes are needed? Yes x No Additional comments: Area of concern Yes No Reasons/additional comments Childproof containers x they already do Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and liquids x ditto Ability of device to prevent accidents x Good manufacturing practice x Purity and grade of nicotine x up to us to check – you don’t do that for smokes! Registration of products x A testing regime to confirm product safety and contents purity x Maximum allowable volume of e-liquid in retail sales x Our choice not yours Maximum concentration of nicotine e-liquid x As Mixing of e-liquids at (or before) point of sale x As above Q9 Are any other comments you would like to make? you should be making these a safe and easily accessible option for smokers like me who have tried patches, gum and twice tried medications that give us a 80% chance of a stroke to quit! This is a far better solution that meets our needs and will be more cost effective for govt health than anything else. Do not price it out of the reach of the normal worker – we don’t get Mp salaries!
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