The wealth of current activity surrounding vaping and tobacco harm reduction is evidence that parliament has truly returned to normal. Nobody has been more active in this sphere than Labour’s Mary Glindon who has posed a number of questions. Vapers and harm reduction advocates will be delighted with the themes running through her questions, all of which were very positive and urged the kind of changes we wish to see from the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations review.
Mary Glindon, an Opposition Whip in the House of Commons, first asked the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport if he had made an assessment of the potential effect on reducing levels of smoking by improving the public perception of vape products. In particular, she wanted him to allow manufactures and retailers to be able to communicate honest, evidenced health claims and switching messages to adult smokers.
Her reply came from Minister of State Caroline Dinenage, who said: “E-cigarettes in the UK are tightly regulated by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 (TRPR) and the Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 (NIP). These regulations aim to reduce the risk of harm to children…
Dave Cross – Planet of the Vapes – 2021-04-02.
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