January 13th, 2014

Guest blog: Lynne Dawkins puts the Commission straight

A guest post from Lynne Dawkins, one of the UK’s foremost experts in e-cigarettes and related technologies: many will remember her excellent introductory presentation at the November E-cigarettes Summit. She has just become the second scientist to dispute the European Commission’s use of their research in a letter (below). Dr Farsalinos wrote to the Commission last week say ing that it had misrepresented his science. Now Lynne Dawkins has done the same.

Here’s the guest post from Lynne, explaining her concern…

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The European Commission’s latest Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) suggests, among other things, a limit on the size of refill containers and cartridges. In their justification document, I am referenced as stating that ‘disposable e-cigarettes and e-cigarettes with sealed cartridges limit the risk that users come into contact with nicotine liquid’. This succeeds a statement that ‘liquid can be contaminated, expose users to toxic nicotine liquid and are a safety risk for children’. I did not use the word ‘risk’ in this context and believe that my words have been distorted and taken out of context. Below is my letter to the Commissioners and Members of the European Parliament: