daath
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Bit of a mixed bag.
E-cigarettes are banned in the United Arab Emirates. Our good friend Dr. Farsalinos would see the ban lifted for health reasons:
WHO wants all nations to ban e-cigarettes:
http://7daysindubai.com/world-health-organisation-calls-ban-e-cigarettes/
Though that is hardly surprising, since WHO are owned by Big Pharma:
https://wikileaks.org/wiki/Big_Pharma_inside_the_WHO:_confidential_analysis_of_unreleased_WHO_Expert_Working_Group_draft_reports,_8_Dec_2009
daath
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With regards to WHO and Big Pharma - They even made a press release once, that has since been removed from their home page:
http://web.archive.org/web/20131115045238/http://www.who.int/inf-pr-1999/en/pr99-04.html