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Electronic cigarette / nicotine inhaler – Mini Cigarette

Serious risk Health risk / other

Published by Safety Gate 30 Oct 2008In the weekly report of 31 Oct 2008 (week 43, 2008)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Electronic cigarette / nicotine inhaler
Brand
Mini Cigarette
Brand as notified
Mini cigarette
Type / model
DSE901
Description
23 x 7 x 5 cm outer box with contents including one ‘electronic cigarette’, a spare battery, nicotine atomised cartridges, charger and plug adaptor.
Risk
The product poses a health risk to consumers, and particularly children, having skin contact or swallowing nicotine soaked cartridges. According to CHIP 2002 (1999/45/EC), preparations containing nicotine should be marked "Highly Toxic", "Toxic", or "Harmful" if they contain at least 0.1% nicotine, and must be accompanied by safety phrases such as "Toxic if in contact with skin or swallowed". Whilst this product has been sent for analysis and test results are awaited, the declarations of nicotine content on the product itself claim nominal 18 mg content for even the medium strength cartridge. On this basis, as regards CHIP 2002, the product would be placed in at least the TOXIC category and would require numerous warnings concerning risks, tactile warnings and possibly, for the higher strength cartridges, child-resistant packaging, all of which are absent. In addition to this, the product has no specific warnings about the dangers posed to users, maximum dosage, or any information about the potential danger to children from using the product.
Measures
  • Suspension of sales ordered by the authorities
Notifying country
United Kingdom
Country of origin
People's Republic of China
Alert type
Consumer
Photos
Photo 1 of the product in Safety Gate alert 1280/08
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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 1280/08
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2008-43 (XML)
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