Proponents of ‘electronic’ cigarettes await ruling on import ban

From Paul Courson CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) — A lawyer, along with product users and sellers, hope a federal judge will soon lift a ban on imports of “electronic” cigarettes imposed in March by the Food and Drug Administration because, they say, nothing in a new tobacco law supports the restriction. Electronic — or “e” — cigarettes contain no tobacco, a pre-requisite for expanded regulatory authority provided in the law signed June 22 by President Barack Obama. They use a rechargeable battery