> The reason for their opposition is twofold; e-cigarettes appear to act as a gateway drug for people who don't smoke; teenagers in particular. colourful packag

> The reason for their opposition is twofold; e-cigarettes appear to act as a gateway drug for people who don't smoke; teenagers in particular. colourful packaging, synthetic fruity flavours; the e-cigarette industry is well aware of this particular demographic. Reminds me of an event in Norway. There anything above 4.5% beer is only sold via vinmonopolet. Note that it says beer, and thus things like cider was vinmonopolet only. Except that after entering the EEA, various foreign breweries pressed for having anything 4.5% strength sold alongside beer. The response from the teetotalers was that those "tastier" options would attract kids to drinking. None of that happened. For the first year or so after ciders and such were allowed alongside beer, there was a small uptick in sales. But then it went back to the very same numbers as the years before. the most likely explanation is that adults picked up a couple of bottles to check it out, and that was it. No sudden epidemic of drunk kids in gutters ever materialized.