烟草在线据《国际烟草杂志》报道编译　　据《法兰克福汇报》报道，在一项向德国最高民事上诉法院迈进的具有里程碑意义的诉讼中，法兰克福的一家地区法院将目前尚未受法律管制的电子液体归类为烟草产品。

　　法兰克福的这家地区法院被看作将诉讼提交高等法院前的一个平台。《法兰克福汇报》报道，该法院的裁决否决了国家公诉人提出的电子液体含有大量具有潜在危险的尼古丁，被告是在营销一种非法药品的看法。相反，这家下级法院以从事未经授权的烟草产品的交易为由，对电子液体和电子卷烟的销售商处以8100欧元（合10600美元）的罚款。

　　这宗诉讼的下一站是联邦上诉法院Bundesgerichtshof。这家法院可能会再次就电子液体是药品还是烟草产品做出裁决。正在对其《烟草产品指令》进行修改的欧盟建议，宣布几乎所有含有液体尼古丁的电子卷烟为药品。

　　《法兰克福汇报》报道，德国大约有200万名电子卷烟使用者。

Germany: Court Rules E-liquids are a Tobacco Product

　　A Frankfurt district court classified currently unregulated e-liquids as a tobacco product in a landmark case that is headed for Germany's highest civil appeals court, according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

　　Described as a platform to put the issue before the high court, the Frankfurt court's ruling rejected assertions by state prosecutors that e-liquids contain amounts of nicotine that are potentially dangerous, and that the defendant marketed an illegal pharmaceutical product. The lower court instead fined the seller of e-liquids and e-cigarettes EUR 8,100 (USD 10,600) for dealing in an unauthorised tobacco product, the newspaper reported.

　　Next stop is the Bundesgerichtshof, the federal court of appeals, which may again rule on whether e-liquids are pharmaceutical or tobacco products. The European Union, which is revising its Tobacco Product Directive, has proposed declaring nearly all e-cigarettes containing liquid nicotine as pharmaceuticals.

　　There are about 2 million e-cigarette users in Germany, the newspaper reported. Enditem