E cigs

[Binman]

Is it ok to use e cigs in pubs in mokum? I can't say I've ever noticed but I've packed the fags in and I'd struggle without my trusty ego t, Many thanks.

[cgarr04]

I see many using them but as far as i'm aware you can't buy them here, or at least I haven't seen any for sale.

[Binman]

Cheers dude I was talking to a dutch fella in my home town and he was telling me they are illegal in Holland.

[Not_the_monk]

As I understand it, there was an attempt to ban the sale of them in Holland but it failed a legal challenge. The Dutch gov do have concerns about them, rightly so as it happens due to the lack of regulation and proper research to back up claims made about them by proponents, but as far as I know they are fine to use in the country.

This article is relatively recent...

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSB ... 8?irpc=932

Edit- yup, legal - http://www.ecigarette-politics.com/elec ... tus-2.html

NETHERLANDS - Permitted.
(Nederland, Holland)

Import, sale and use are permitted.

The government attempted a blanket ban, but it was overturned at law: the 's-Gravenhage court in Holland legalised the import and sale of electronic cigarettes and nicotine-containing e-liquids, in a civil court case 414117/KGAZ 12-209. Judgement is as follows:

1. The court allows e-cigarettes to be imported from outside the EU to be sold in The Netherlands and prohibits the Dutch Government from actions against the import and sales. (The government had imposed a ban on import and sale, based on pharmaceutical classification.)
2. The court ruled that electronic cigarettes are not to be considered pharmaceutical products. (13 March 2012)
http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/resultpage ... earchtype=...

[Binman]

Cheers not the monk much appreciated.