NL: Stricter rules for e-cigarettes

Dutch State Secretary Martin van Rijn (Health, Welfare and Sport) has tightened the regulations for e-cigarettes. The regulations now contain a number of specific requirements concerning safety, quality, labelling and advertising. The replacement cartridges, for example, must have a child safe closure and there must also be a clear warning about the addictive effects of nicotine.
The stricter rules were published in the Dutch Government Gazette on 28 November 2014 and will come into force on 1 February 2015. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority NVWA will start enforcing the rules as of this date (Press Release Government of the Netherlands, 28 November 2014).
Click here for the press release (in Dutch).
Click here for the new rules (in Dutch).

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