The end of e-cigarette in Hungary?

According to hvg.hu, the National Assembly has set the same rules for electric cigarettes on Tuesday that determine the traditional tobacco products.

E-cigarettes can be sold only in national tobacco stores from next May – the National Assembly decided.

Human Resources Minister Zoltan Balogh, who submitted the proposal, justified the regulatory framework for electric cigarette, electronic devices imitating smoking, all accessories, components and refill bottles by the protection of young people.

The first step is the restriction of the ability to buy the products widely in order to have fewer young people smoke and use e-cigarettes, which is a public health priority – the explanatory wrote.

The sale in tobacco shops was justified by the demand according to which the supply of the product’s users has to be professional and satisfying, and to effectively enforce the consumer protection aspects, hvg.hu wrote.