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John Tung Foundation takes aim at e-cigarettes 

The John Tung Foundation yesterday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to place electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in the same legal category as regular cigarettes.

“E-cigarettes contain liquid nicotine. In terms of Article 2 of the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act (菸害防制法), e-cigarettes should be regarded as regular cigarettes,” foundation president Yau Sea-wain (姚思遠) said.

The article stipulates that anything made from tobacco or related products designed for smoking, chewing, swallowing or snuffing should be classified in the same category as cigarettes.

“E-cigarettes are cigarettes, as they fit the profile and definition,”

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