‘Red tape’ for vape

The changes, which came into effect in the United Kingdom on May 20, limit the size and strength of e-cigarette tanks and ban certain ingredients, including colourings and caffeine.

E-cigarettes and e-liquids must be registered with the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency before they can be sold. Vape tanks larger than 2ml will no longer be permitted while e-liquid bottles now have a maximum capacity of 10ml. A maximum nicotine strength has also been set at 20mg (2 per cent).

Nigel Carter OBE, CEO of the Oral Health Foundation, a charity working to raise awareness about the importance of good oral health and wellbeing, welcomes the new regulations that will now impact the 2.3m Brits who use e-cigarettes.

Nigel says, “One of the biggest areas of concerns e-cigarettes remained that the industry operated without regulation. Given the sustained and rapid growth of the number of people switching to e-cigarettes, regulation was an absolute necessity and we’re delighted to see it finally being brought into force.