Electronic cigarettes will soon be regulated similarly to medicines in the UK. The news comes this week form the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and the new regulations will go into effect in 2016, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The products, widely known as e-cigarettes, use an internal heating element to turn a liquefied form of nicotine into vapor which is inhaled. Though safety inquiries are still ongoing in many nations, the products have been marketed as a healthier alternative for those hoping to quit.
"Reducing the harms of smoking to smokers and those around them is a key government health priority," said Jeremy Mean, of the Regulatory Agency. "Our research has shown that existing electronic cigarettes and other nicotine containing products on the market are not good enough to meet this public health priority."
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