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E-cigarettes on the aircraft: are they permitted or not?

Rome, Italy - Banned in the US, permitted by a few companies in Europe

The electronic cigarette, that is to say the device which many smokers use trying to eliminate, or at least significantly reduce, the usage of nicotine, is since several months at the centre of a debate regarding its use in public places: should it be permitted or not? What is an e-cig exactly? They are little devices, absolutely similar to a real cigarette that heat a liquid nicotine solution in...

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Rome, Italy, 01/21/2013 11:57
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