Electronic Cigarettes

(asked on 11th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulatory regime in relation to the production of nicotine (a) shots and (b) shortfills.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 19th October 2018

As shortfills do not contain nicotine when sold they are not regulated under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR), but are covered by General Product Safety Regulations. Consumers and healthcare professionals can report side effects and safety concerns with e-cigarettes and e-liquids to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency through the Yellow Card reporting system. Any non-nicotine products notified on this system are passed on to Trading Standards.

The Government will conduct a review of the TRPR at a later date.

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