煙草在線據美通社報道編譯　　總部在英國的電子卷煙制造商Totally Wicked公司已決定，給歐洲議會的全部754名議員每人發一支電子卷煙。隨電子卷煙一起派送的，還會有一個簡單而實事求是地解釋為什么電子卷煙不屬于《煙草產品指令》內產品的簡報文件。

　　附信請求歐洲議會議員們對電子卷煙進行詳細的審核，并提出以下問題：

　　“你如何處理一種模仿卷煙，但不是卷煙，阻止人們吸煙，但不是藥品的產品？”

　　Totally Wicked公司擔心，如果歐洲政策制定者們依照《2001/83EC法令》（藥用產品指令）而獲得授權的話，目前來講，他們認為電子卷煙只應該被放到市場上銷售。

　　Totally Wicked公司認為，通過希望將電子卷煙作為醫藥產品加以管制，并通過禁止加香料，歐洲委員會和他們在議會中的支持者實際上有效地禁止了電子卷煙。而這種觀點得到了歐洲議會自己的法律事務委員會的支持。

UK: Totally Wicked Sends E-cigarette to each Member of the European Parliament in Fight against TPD

　　UK based electronic cigarette manufacturer Totally Wicked Ltd, has taken the decision to send all 754 MEPs an electronic cigarette. Accompanying the e-cigarette will be a briefing document that simply and factually explains why e-cigarettes do not belong in the TPD.

　　A covering letter asks MEPs to examine the e-cigarette in detail and poses the following question:

　　"What do you do with a product that mimics smoking, but is not a cigarette, that stops people smoking, but is not a medicine?"

　　Totally Wicked is concerned that at present, EU policy makers believe that e-cigarettes should only be placed on the market if they are authorised pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC (the Medicinal Products Directive).

　　By wishing to regulate e-cigarettes as a medicinal product, and by banning flavours, Totally Wicked believe the Commission and their supporters in Parliament are effectively banning e-cigarettes, a view that is supported by the European Parliament's own Legal Affairs Committee.