New Vaping Law to spark up next Monday

The Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 comes into force on Monday and introduces a number of rules about the sale of e-cigarettes.

New Vaping Law will come into effect next Monday, 20th May 2017

New Vaping Law will come into effect next Monday, 20th May 2017

There are seven new points of law that will come into effect:

1. Restrict e-cigarette tanks to a capacity of no more than 2ml.

2. Restrict the maximum volume of e-liquid for sale in one refill container to 10ml.

3. Restrict e-liquids to a nicotine strength of no more than 20mg/ml.

4. Require nicotine-containing products or their packaging to be child-resistant and tamper evident.

5. Ban certain ingredients including colourings, caffeine and taurine.

6. Include new labelling requirements and warnings.

7. Require e-cigarettes and e-liquids be notified to heath regulators before they can be sold.