In recent news, it has been reported by Chroniclelive that trade standards officials from Durham County Council in the United Kingdom conducted on-site inspections of eight stores and confiscated a total of 526 e-cigarettes with a combined market value of £5260 (approximately CNY 47000). Some of these products were designed to appeal to children, featuring shapes resembling coffee cups or adorned with cartoon decorations, with the intention to attract underage customers.
The reasons for the confiscation included the e-cigarette containers exceeding the legal limit of 2 milliliters and the products' packaging not displaying the required health warnings. Additionally, during a joint operation by Durham Police, coffee cup-shaped e-cigarettes were also among the seized products.
Selling e-cigarette products in the shape of food or beverages is illegal according to regulations.
Ian Harrison, the manager of the Business Compliance department at Durham County Council, stated:
We hope to remind parents and caregivers to be cautious about such products. We will continue working with our partners to remove illegal products from the market, and retailers can always consult with us if they have any concerns about product compliance.
According to UK law, it is prohibited to sell nicotine products to individuals under the age of 18, and there are restrictions on the amount of nicotine and e-liquid that can be contained in disposable e-cigarettes. Since March of last year, trading standards officials in Durham have seized approximately 6636 illegal e-cigarettes, estimated to be worth £79,632 (around 720,000 Chinese yuan).
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