Experts urge balanced regulation of e-cigarette sales

Addiction experts in Czechia have called for a balanced regulation of e-cigarette sales. They recommend banning colourful packaging and candy flavours which are attractive to children and teenagers, while retaining fruit and tobacco flavours to encourage more adults to switch from conventional cigarettes to e-cigarettes. Experts have warned against a complete ban on flavours in e-cigarettes saying it would undermine efforts to reduce the negative effects of smoking, but support uniform packaging across all nicotine products for consistency in regulation. An amendment to the decree is currently being prepared by the Ministry of Health.