TY - JOUR
AB - Compiled by John Witton and Jean O’Reilly BELGIUMTOLEGALISEE-CIGARETTES safe, rather than the previously recommended one to two units. The aim of the revised guidelines is to reduce the Belgium is to reverse its 2007 ban on e-cigarettes. New mortality risk from cancer and other diseases as the “links legislation that will legalise electronic cigarettes in Belgium between alcohol and cancer were not fully understood” is to receive Royal assent. The move follows the publication when the guidelines were first published in 1995. The re- of a risk assessment report from Belgium’s Superior Health vised guidelines are based on a “detailed review of the sci- Council that supported the use of e-cigarettes for smoking entific evidence” and supported by a new statement from cessation. Under the new legislation e-cigarettes will have the Committee on Carcinogenity (CoC) on the links be- to comply with all the conditions set for tobacco products tween alcohol and cancer. “Drinking any level of alcohol including advertising restrictions and health warnings on regularly carries a health risk for anyone, but if men and cigarette packets. E-cigarettes will be available from women limit their intake to no more than 14 units a week newsagents, online sales are 
TI - News and Notes
JO - Addiction
DO - 10.1111/add.13360
DA - 2016-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/news-and-notes-YUndo1SnWW
SP - 752
EP - 755
VL - 111
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -