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Arti Hasmukh Lakhani · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 10 Jun 2015•North London

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Concerns
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Recipients
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Responses found
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Stated actions
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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of regulation or licensing of e-cigarette fluid sales
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Actions described in response An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.2

  1. Action

    Lay regulations restricting e-cigarette and e-liquid sales to adults and prohibiting proxy purchasing for minors.

    Stated by Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department of Health and Social CareStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 10 June 2015.
  2. Action

    Implement the EU product-specific regime for consumer e-cigarettes and refills, including safety, quality, packaging, labelling, notification and advertising requirements.

    Stated by Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department of Health and Social CareStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 10 June 2015.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

  1. Position

    Non-licensed e-cigarettes fall outside the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s current jurisdiction.

    Stated by Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department of Health and Social CareOutside remitThe respondent said that this matter was outside its role or authority.

Source evidence

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of regulation or licensing of e-cigarette fluid sales

Wider context from the report

“That the sale of e-cigarette fluid is not regulated or licenced ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lay regulations restricting e-cigarette and e-liquid sales to adults and prohibiting proxy purchasing for minors.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In addition, in England, the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 were laid at the end of the last Parliament. From 1 October 2015 these will restrict the sale of e-cigarettes and e-liquid refills to those over the age of 18 and to prohibit their purchase by an adult on a minor’s behalf.”

Source location

2015-0217-Response-by-Department-of-Health
Page 3 · response
Published 10 June 2015

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Implement the EU product-specific regime for consumer e-cigarettes and refills, including safety, quality, packaging, labelling, notification and advertising requirements.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Further regulation of e-cigarettes and e-liquids is planned. In April 2014 the EU published new rules, which are set out in Directive 2014/40/EC.”

Source location

2015-0217-Response-by-Department-of-Health
Page 3 · response
Published 10 June 2015

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Non-licensed e-cigarettes fall outside the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s current jurisdiction.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Since 2011 a small number (21) of reports of harm have been submitted on e-cigarettes through the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Yellow Card scheme. This scheme allows patients and health professionals to report adverse events associated with medicines and medical devices. Adverse events reported included pulmonary fibrosis, cardiac problems, gastro-intestinal upset, oropharyngeal pain and swelling, headache, convulsions and allergic response. Whilst these do not relate to licensed medicinal products, and therefore fall outside of the MHRA’s current jurisdiction they have nevertheless been retained within the Sentinel Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR) reporting system for tracking purposes. No assessment of these reports has been made as to possible causal association with the product and no action has been taken as a consequence.”

Source location

2015-0217-Response-by-Department-of-Health
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Published 10 June 2015

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing product-safety controls, supplemented by a product-specific regime, are considered sufficient to mitigate inadvertent contact and accidental poisoning risks.

Verbatim wording from the response

“There are existing controls on product safety in place which cover e-cigarettes and refill containers. Existing legislation will be supplemented by a product specific regime for e-cigarettes and refills, sold as consumer products, that will be introduced from May 2016. Together, these provide a robust set of rules and should mitigate the risks of inadvertent contact and accidental poisoning from the use of these products. However, it should be recognised that no regulatory regime can protect fully against misuse of products.”

Source location

2015-0217-Response-by-Department-of-Health
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Published 10 June 2015

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