煙草在線據《國際煙草雜志》報道編譯　　據《法蘭克福匯報》報道，在一項向德國最高民事上訴法院邁進的具有里程碑意義的訴訟中，法蘭克福的一家地區法院將目前尚未受法律管制的電子液體歸類為煙草產品。

　　法蘭克福的這家地區法院被看作將訴訟提交高等法院前的一個平臺。《法蘭克福匯報》報道，該法院的裁決否決了國家公訴人提出的電子液體含有大量具有潛在危險的尼古丁，被告是在營銷一種非法藥品的看法。相反，這家下級法院以從事未經授權的煙草產品的交易為由，對電子液體和電子卷煙的銷售商處以8100歐元（合10600美元）的罰款。

　　這宗訴訟的下一站是聯邦上訴法院Bundesgerichtshof。這家法院可能會再次就電子液體是藥品還是煙草產品做出裁決。正在對其《煙草產品指令》進行修改的歐盟建議，宣布幾乎所有含有液體尼古丁的電子卷煙為藥品。

　　《法蘭克福匯報》報道，德國大約有200萬名電子卷煙使用者。

Germany: Court Rules E-liquids are a Tobacco Product

　　A Frankfurt district court classified currently unregulated e-liquids as a tobacco product in a landmark case that is headed for Germany's highest civil appeals court, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

　　Described as a platform to put the issue before the high court, the Frankfurt court's ruling rejected assertions by state prosecutors that e-liquids contain amounts of nicotine that are potentially dangerous, and that the defendant marketed an illegal pharmaceutical product. The lower court instead fined the seller of e-liquids and e-cigarettes EUR 8,100 (USD 10,600) for dealing in an unauthorised tobacco product, the newspaper reported.

　　Next stop is the Bundesgerichtshof, the federal court of appeals, which may again rule on whether e-liquids are pharmaceutical or tobacco products. The European Union, which is revising its Tobacco Product Directive, has proposed declaring nearly all e-cigarettes containing liquid nicotine as pharmaceuticals.

　　There are about 2 million e-cigarette users in Germany, the newspaper reported. Enditem