Under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, e-cigarette products are subject to minimum standards of quality and safety, as well as packaging and labelling requirements to provide consumers with the information they need to make informed choices.Īll products must be notified by manufacturers to the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), with detailed information including the listing of all ingredients. The UK has some of the strictest regulation for e-cigarettes in the world. MYTH 2 - E-cigarettes aren’t regulated and we don’t know what’s in them Even at these levels, smoking is not a major risk factor for this rare disease. It had been detected in some e-liquid flavourings in the past, but at levels hundreds of times lower than in cigarette smoke. However, diacetyl is banned as an ingredient from e-cigarettes and e-liquids in the UK. The condition gained its popular name because it was initially observed among workers in a popcorn factory. This came about because some flavourings used in e-liquids to provide a buttery flavour contain the chemical diacetyl, which at very high levels of exposure has been associated with the serious lung disease bronchiolitis obliterans. One of the most commonly held concerns is that e-cigarettes might cause ‘popcorn lung’. MYTH 1 - E-cigarettes give you ‘popcorn lung’ This view is supported by a number of key bodies, including Cancer Research UK, Action on Smoking and Health, the Royal College of Physicians, the British Medical Association and recently, a major US science body, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.įor a fuller picture of the review’s findings please see our blog: E-cigarette evidence update - patterns and use in adults and young people. While not without some risk, when compared to smoking e-cigarettes are far less harmful. Our latest independent e-cigarette review, authored by leading academics in the tobacco control field, focuses on the up-to-date facts about vaping among adults and young people in England.ĭespite the sometimes confused, and confusing, media reporting around the safety of e-cigarettes, there is growing consensus around the evidence. This blog looks at some of the most common myths and provides the facts. Not surprisingly, there are lots of inaccuracies and misconceptions about e-cigarettes and vaping. E-cigarettes do seem to be a bit like Marmite, courting controversy among the public and media alike. No doubt you will have seen some of the stories in the media recently following the publication of PHE’s latest update of the evidence on e-cigarettes.
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