Vaping is not smoking and has no harms associated with it what – would be the purpose of using Requirement for standardised packaging standardised packaging? (other than advantaging NRT manufacturers and retailers of course) Other 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: E-cigarettes are pleasurable to use and have not been shown to cause any harm. It would be extremely worrying if a government were to attempt, through financial measures, to curtail the pleasure of it's citizens. 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 A sensible and cheap Childproof containers measure. Batteries and electronics should be recyled where possible. The level of Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and nicotine in the eliquid is not high liquids enough to merit any special precautions. This has already been provided by Ability of device to prevent accidents the market e.g. polarity and low voltage regulation in the devices. Regulation should be proportionate to risk, GMP is overkill for a general Go consumer product, and would od manufacturing practice needlessly disadvantage small businesses. Pharma grade nicotine. Purity and grade of nicotine This be disproportionately burdensome and would restirct the Registration of products market. Absence of hazardous chemicals A testing regime to confirm product safety – to appropriate levels of detection. and contents purity
Requirement for standardised packaging Vaping is not smoking and has no harms associated with it – what would be the purpose of using standardised packaging? (other than advantaging NRT manufacturers and retailers of course) Other 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: E-cigarettes are pleasurable to use and have not been shown to cause any harm. It would be extremely worrying if a government were to attempt, through financial measures, to curtail the pleasure of it's citizens. 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 A sensible and cheap measure. Safe disposal of ecigarette devices and liquids Batteries and electronics should be recyled where possible. The level of nicotine in the eliquid is not high enough to merit any special precautions. Ability of device to prevent accidents This has already been provided by the market e.g. polarity and low voltage regulation in the devices. Go od manufacturing practice Regulation should be proportionate to risk, GMP is overkill for a general consumer product, and would needlessly disadvantage small businesses. Purity and grade of nicotine Pharma grade nicotine. Registration of products This be disproportionately burdensome and would restirct the market. A testing regime to confirm product safety and contents purity Absence of hazardous chemicals – to appropriate levels of detection.
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