Governments who ban e-cigarettes are worried about the loss of tax revenue from tobacco. Those governments who have reacted in this way are normally found to derive a greater than normal percentage of their revenues from tobacco - for example, Poland is one such country, where it is said that more than half of adults smoke. Loss of tobacco tax revenue would be a severe blow - imagine what would happen if 50% of smokers switched to an untaxed alternative.
There is no medical research anywhere that e-cigarettes are harmful or might possibly be harmful. This in addition to the fact they they have been used worldwide by millions of people for several years, and no adverse health implications have ever been reported by doctors.
It is impossible for e-cigarettes to be absolutely safe, but a global trial on that scale with no adverse results reported is almost certainly better than could be achieved by the 'safest' pharmaceuticals. Essentially, ecigarettes are a consumer product with no significant health implications. That is bad news for cash-starved governments.
The last person to welcome a safer way of smoking would be the head of a government tax department.
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