The HSE has issued a warning to the public to stop using certain Aroma King disposable e-cigarettes.
According to the health executive, the range of disposable electronic cigarettes are non-compliant with EU tobacco legislation and contain more than the permitted amount of nicotine, 20mg/ml or 2%.
The packaging falsely indicates that they are compliant with the legal nicotine concentration.
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Some 46 Aroma King disposable e-cigarettes from various ranges and flavours were sampled and analysed by the HSE and found to have higher than the permitted amount of nicotine.
The HSE has contacted all major Irish distributors of e-cigarettes and refill containers that they are aware of to ask them to stop selling these products.
Dr Maurice Mulcahy, Regional Chief Environmental Health Officer, HSE said “As a precautionary measure our message for the public is to check your e-cigarette product against the list of products involved in this alert. If you have one of these products we want you to stop using it and return it to the shop where you bought it. If you have already used it and feel unwell then you should contact your GP as the first point of contact.
‘‘We are asking retailers to stop selling the products listed below and to contact us with the full supplier traceability details. If retailers have sold or distributed any of the listed products below we want them to recall them by displaying a recall notice in a prominent position in their retail premises and on their website.”
The e-cigarettes involved are as follows:
Aroma King Bar 600 puffs 20 mg/ml nicotine |
Batch Number |
Grape Energy |
MFG: 2021.10.25, EXP: 2023.10.24 |
Hawaiia Pog |
MFG: 2021.11.23, EXP: 2022.11.22; |
Strawberry Ice |
MFG: Jan 7 th 2022 EXP: Jan 6 th 2023; MFG: 2021.10.25, EXP: 2023.10.24; |
Blue Razz Cherry |
MFG: 2021.11.23, EXP: 2022.11.22; |
Blueberry Ice |
MFG: 2021.10.21, EXP: 2023.10.20; |
Banana Ice |
MFG: 2021.10.21, EXP: 2023.10.20; |
Unicorn Shake |
MFG: Jan 7 th 2022 EXP: Jan 6th 2023. |
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