煙草在線據《煙業通訊》報道編譯　　電子煙的使用者們計劃在布魯塞爾街頭進行抗議活動，反對政府的電子煙計劃，該計劃將使電子卷煙在歐洲的煙草產品市場消失。

　　許多煙草使用者相信，電子卷煙對吸煙者的危害很小。

　　他們認為，傳統的煙草產品使用者需要戒煙時，電子煙是最好的替代產品。

　　但去年年底，歐盟委員會提出修改《煙草產品指令》的建議，計劃中提到，尼古丁含量超過一定臨界值的電子卷煙，應該歸類為醫藥產品。

　　歐洲的電子煙煙民計劃于7月10日在布魯塞爾集合，和平抗議將電子煙歸類為藥品的政府計劃。

　　“他們將在當地時間12:30在盧森堡廣場（經過申請，已經獲得相應許可）集合，集體宣告一個將令人驚訝并記憶深刻的事實：若將電子煙歸類為藥品，就意味著今后的每一天，吸煙者的死亡人數將高達2000人，”Vapourtrails網站發布的一則公告表示。

　　公告提到，下午1:00，每位電子煙民將爆破一個或多個黑色氣球，每個氣球象征著一位煙民的生命，爆破氣球的行為意在表達這樣的情況：傳統煙草產品使用者在自愿的情況下被允許轉吸電子煙，從而延長自己的生命，但因為政府將電子煙歸類到藥品范疇，吸煙者將提早結束生命。

　　組織者希望歐盟議會成員也能參加到這一活動中。

Pro-electronic Cigarette Demonstration Scheduled for Brussels on July 10

　　Vapers are due to take to the streets of Brussels to protest proposals that could emasculate electronic cigarettes sold within the EU.

　　Many people from across the tobacco divide believe that electronic cigarettes pose little risk to the users of these products.

　　And they believe that electronic cigarettes comprise one of the most potent products when it comes to weaning smokers from traditional tobacco products.

　　Toward the end of last year, the European Commission put forward its proposals for revising the Tobacco Products Directive, and as part of those proposals it suggested that electronic cigarettes exceeding a certain threshold of nicotine should come under medicinal products legislation.

　　Vapers from across Europe are due to meet in Brussels on July 10 to protest peacefully against the proposal to categorize electronic cigarettes as medicines.

　　"They will meet up in Place Luxembourg (subject to the appropriate permissions, which have been applied for) at 12:30 local time to prepare for a startling and memorable demonstration of what classifying e-cigs as medicines will actually mean—the continued early deaths of up to 2,000 smokers every day of every year," said a note posted at Vapourtrails.

　　At 13:00, the note said, each vaper will burst one or more black balloons, each one signifying the life of a smoker who, had she been allowed to switch to electronic cigarettes by choice and desire, would have reached her full life span, but, because of the classification of electronic cigarettes as medicines, died early, as a smoker.

　　The organizers are hoping to be joined by some members of the European Parliament. Enditem