Wojciech Konieczny said at the meeting of the Sejm Health Committee that Design of changes in the so -called The tobacco act obtained the consent of the Government Programming Team.
The deputy minister announced that the project It introduces a ban on the sale of disposable e-cigarettes and taste nicotine sachets. He added that according to the draft, the sale of products that are not covered by the Act will be prohibited. He noted that the project will be consulted in May.
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At the beginning of March, Minister of Health Izabela Leszczyna announced that MZ is working on subsequent bans on e-cigarettes. Noted that The introduction of prohibitions in stages was needed, because the novella prohibiting the sale of minors of all e-cigarettes must enter into force quickly. She added that the second projects for all disposable electronic cigarettes must be subject to several months of notification.
Amendment to the Health Protection Act
Currently, the Sejm is working on a government draft amendment to the Act on health care against the consequences of using tobacco and tobacco products, which prohibits the sale of all types of electronic cigarettes and spare containers to people under 18 years of age.
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In addition, the project assumes that the use of electronic cigarettes with non -ototine fluid (secreting a pair that does not contain nicotine) will be prohibited in public places, where it is currently banned from using electronic cigarettes with nicotine fluid.
Open letter of the National Institute of Public Health
In February, the PZH-PIB National Institute of Public Health in an open letter to representatives of national opinion-forming institutions alerted that Access to disposable e-cigarettes should be urgently limited.
Deputy Director for Analysis and Strategy in Public Health NIZP PZH-PIB Andrzej Parafianowicz pointed out that There are more and more scientific reports on the high harmfulness of substances used in products intended for so -called Wephs, referred to as disposable e-cigarettes, or simply “disposables”.
It is about e-cigarettes designed for one-time use, i.e. having a built-in battery that cannot be charged and a built-in liquid tank that cannot be replaced or replaced.
The expert emphasized that vaping devices differ in many important features (including temperature or voltage on the electrode), and a large selection of taste fluids can create difficulties in assessing the toxicity of individual products. Liquids used for filling e-cigarettes contain mainly two ingredients: propylene glycol and plant glycerin, which in the respiratory tract show toxic, and after heating they have an irritating effect.
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“Apart from them, there are a number of substances in the fluids (Including fragrances, alcohols, aldehydes, THC, CBD, butane hashish oil, and even opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine or mephedrone), often about unknown origin ” – informs the National Institute of Public Health PUZH -PIB.
