煙草在線據(jù)《煙業(yè)通訊》報(bào)道編譯　　電子煙的使用者們計(jì)劃在布魯塞爾街頭進(jìn)行抗議活動(dòng)，反對(duì)政府的電子煙計(jì)劃，該計(jì)劃將使電子卷煙在歐洲的煙草產(chǎn)品市場(chǎng)消失。

　　許多煙草使用者相信，電子卷煙對(duì)吸煙者的危害很小。

　　他們認(rèn)為，傳統(tǒng)的煙草產(chǎn)品使用者需要戒煙時(shí)，電子煙是最好的替代產(chǎn)品。

　　但去年年底，歐盟委員會(huì)提出修改《煙草產(chǎn)品指令》的建議，計(jì)劃中提到，尼古丁含量超過一定臨界值的電子卷煙，應(yīng)該歸類為醫(yī)藥產(chǎn)品。

　　歐洲的電子煙煙民計(jì)劃于7月10日在布魯塞爾集合，和平抗議將電子煙歸類為藥品的政府計(jì)劃。

　　“他們將在當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間12:30在盧森堡廣場(chǎng)（經(jīng)過申請(qǐng)，已經(jīng)獲得相應(yīng)許可）集合，集體宣告一個(gè)將令人驚訝并記憶深刻的事實(shí)：若將電子煙歸類為藥品，就意味著今后的每一天，吸煙者的死亡人數(shù)將高達(dá)2000人，”Vapourtrails網(wǎng)站發(fā)布的一則公告表示。

　　公告提到，下午1:00，每位電子煙民將爆破一個(gè)或多個(gè)黑色氣球，每個(gè)氣球象征著一位煙民的生命，爆破氣球的行為意在表達(dá)這樣的情況：傳統(tǒng)煙草產(chǎn)品使用者在自愿的情況下被允許轉(zhuǎn)吸電子煙，從而延長(zhǎng)自己的生命，但因?yàn)檎畬㈦娮訜煔w類到藥品范疇，吸煙者將提早結(jié)束生命。

　　組織者希望歐盟議會(huì)成員也能參加到這一活動(dòng)中。

Pro-electronic Cigarette Demonstration Scheduled for Brussels on July 10

　　Vapers are due to take to the streets of Brussels to protest proposals that could emasculate electronic cigarettes sold within the EU.

　　Many people from across the tobacco divide believe that electronic cigarettes pose little risk to the users of these products.

　　And they believe that electronic cigarettes comprise one of the most potent products when it comes to weaning smokers from traditional tobacco products.

　　Toward the end of last year, the European Commission put forward its proposals for revising the Tobacco Products Directive, and as part of those proposals it suggested that electronic cigarettes exceeding a certain threshold of nicotine should come under medicinal products legislation.

　　Vapers from across Europe are due to meet in Brussels on July 10 to protest peacefully against the proposal to categorize electronic cigarettes as medicines.

　　"They will meet up in Place Luxembourg (subject to the appropriate permissions, which have been applied for) at 12:30 local time to prepare for a startling and memorable demonstration of what classifying e-cigs as medicines will actually mean—the continued early deaths of up to 2,000 smokers every day of every year," said a note posted at Vapourtrails.

　　At 13:00, the note said, each vaper will burst one or more black balloons, each one signifying the life of a smoker who, had she been allowed to switch to electronic cigarettes by choice and desire, would have reached her full life span, but, because of the classification of electronic cigarettes as medicines, died early, as a smoker.

　　The organizers are hoping to be joined by some members of the European Parliament. Enditem