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Private Members Bill seeks to exempt vaping products from TPD
regulation in UK
By Patrick Griffin
A Conservative MP is spearheading a move to exempt
vaping from the regulations imposed by the Tobacco
Products Directive (TPD).
Christchurch MP Sir Christopher Chope has tabled a
Private Member’s Bill to significantly relax UK vaping
regulations and this is due to receive its second reading
in the House of Commons on April 27.
The Electronic Cigarettes (Regulation) Bill seeks to
exempt e-cigarettes from UK law derived from the TPD.
If passed it would amend the existing legislation, The
Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, so that
the advertising ban on vaping products would be lifted.
It would also see the end of the 10ml bottle rule, the 2ml
limit on tank sizes and existing restrictions on maximum
nicotine strengths.
Regulations regarding labelling and packaging would
also be lifted under Sir Christopher’s bill, which is
proposed to come into effect on March 30 2019, the
day after the UK is due to leave the European Union.
The bill is unlikely to mean an end to all regulation
in the UK as parliament would still have the power to
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