Q7 Do you think it is important for legislation to impose some form of excise or excise-equivalent duty on nicotine e-liquid, as it does on tobacco products? Yes No √ Reasons/additional comments: It should be duty free, or with minimal duty, to encourage switching from smoked tobacco Q8 Do you think quality control of and safety standards for ecigarettes are needed? Yes√ No Additional comments: Area of concern Yes No Reasons/additional comments Sensible and proportionate √ industry standards should be required, Childproof containers but not so excessive as to crush the market Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and As √ liquids As above Ability of device to prevent accidents As √ Good manufacturing practice As above Purity and grade of nicotine √ As above Registration of products √ A testing regime to confirm product safety As above √ and contents purity Should be guided by consumer Maximum allowable volume of e-liquid in √ retail sales choice Should be guided by consumer √ Maximum concentration of nicotine e-liquid choice Mixing of e-liquids at (or before) point of sale Other Q9 Are there any other comments you would like to make? If you want to help smokers stop smoking, you should do everything in your power to take a liberal and enabling approach to this, and not treat vaping like smoking. This is not a tobacco product, in any real sense. People who use our stop smoking service and who vape have said they are amazed at how easy e-cigarettes made it for them to stop smoking.
Q7 Do you think it is important for legislation to impose some form of excise or excise-equivalent duty on nicotine e-liquid, as it does on tobacco products? Yes No √ Reasons/additional comments: It should be duty free, or with minimal duty, to encourage switching from smoked tobacco Q8 Do you think quality control of and safety standards for ecigarettes are needed? Yes√ No Additional comments: Area of concern Yes No Reasons/additional comments Childproof containers √ Sensible and proportionate industry standards should be required, but not so excessive as to crush the market Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and liquids √ As Ability of device to prevent accidents As above Good manufacturing practice √ As Purity and grade of nicotine √ As above Registration of products √ As above A testing regime to confirm product safety and contents purity √ As above Maximum allowable volume of e-liquid in retail sales √ Should be guided by consumer choice Maximum concentration of nicotine e-liquid √ Should be guided by consumer choice Mixing of e-liquids at (or before) point of sale Other Q9 Are there any other comments you would like to make? If you want to help smokers stop smoking, you should do everything in your power to take a liberal and enabling approach to this, and not treat vaping like smoking. This is not a tobacco product, in any real sense. People who use our stop smoking service and who vape have said they are amazed at how easy e-cigarettes made it for them to stop smoking.
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