Arguments just a smokescreen for opponents of e-cigarettes

IT’S an odd one, this concern that Government chief whip Paul Kehoe has with the dangers allegedly posed by electronic cigarettes.

The junior minister has written to Health Minister James Reilly and State’s chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, asking them to “clarify the legal status” of the products “for which the health effects are uncertain.”

He claims to have been approached by people “worried” by what he calls “glamorous advertising”, and he cites a World Health Organisation conclusion that until these devices are deemed safe consumers should be strongly advised not to use any of these products. Kehoe wants “strong regulation of these devices”.