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"Madam President, we have the chance today to vote for tobacco control measures such as large health warnings and a ban on characterising flavours, which will help make smoking less appealing to young people so that fewer take up the habit.
We also need to think of existing smokers who want to quit their habit or reduce the harm involved, which is where electronic cigarettes come in. Many smokers have switched to e-cigarettes from tobacco – often not expecting to quit tobacco in the process – including the taxi driver who brought me to Parliament this morning.
There are two choices before us today on e-cigarettes. The first is to regulate them as medicines, which will increase costs, reduce product variety and in many EU countries make them less widely available than tobacco! This would not be a positive move for public health. The other choice is Amendment 170, which would keep e-cigarettes as consumer products but tighten up the regulation to include marketing restrictions, strict labelling requirements and an under-18 sales ban.
Fellow MEPs, we must legislate today in the interests of citizens, not tobacco companies."@en1
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