REGULATION OF E-CIGARETTES. “In the US, the regulator’s first instinct was to ban e-cigarettes as unapproved drug delivery devices. A protracted court battle ensued. This year, the FDA determined that e-cigarettes aren’t medicine at all, but would be regulated like tobacco instead. Across the pond, European Commission made the same ruling.” (2014).
http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2014-12-02-only-big-tobacco-and-big-pharma-want-e-cig-regulation/