Swedish customs tie up e-cigs in legal loophole

[KulrMeStoopid]

http://www.thelocal.se/20140116/swedish-customs-nicotine-ecigs-vaping-legal-eu

Swedish customs officials have skirted a court ruling preventing them from confiscating e-cigarettes, finding a loophole that allows the administration to "promote public health".

• Nicotine poisoning rockets mid e-cig battle (30 Dec 13)

In October 2013, Swedish customs (Tullverket) seized a parcel from China containing liquid nicotine refills (e-juice) for electronic cigarettes, which was on its way to a company in Malmö. The package was confiscated on the grounds that the liquids were classified as medicine, rendering the import of e-juice without a permit illegal.
A month later, a Malmö court ruled that the border officials were wrong to confiscate the package. The ruling said that another court proceeding in Uppsalawas currently debating whether or not liquid nicotine should be classified as medicinal, which, the Malmö court said, meant that customs officials had no legal basis to apprehend e-juice.
"It is indisputable that in the present situation these products may be sold legally in Sweden," the verdict read.

 

[u8myufo]

Cheers KMS, on another note this puts things into perspective a little don`t you think? http://www.childsafetyeurope.org/publications/info/factsheets/childhood-poisoning.pdf Like everything they need to look a little closer to home about these incidents.

 

[pez]

Another small victory on the road to............what, I wonder