Vitamin E acetate is not present in licit e-cigarette products available on the UK market
Blessing Nyakutsikwa1, John Britton1,2, Ilze Bogdanovica1,2
1UK Centre for Tobacco and Alcohol Studies, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK.
Aims:
To determine whether nicotine-containing vaping products submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016 contain tetrahydrocannabinol or vitamin E acetate.
Methods:
Analysis of data on ingredients for all products submitted for notification for the UK market by October 2017 to assess whether any were reported to contain vitamin E acetate or tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The analysis was not pre-registered and the results should therefore be considered exploratory.
Results:
Vitamin E acetate and THC were not listed as an ingredient or emission in any of the 41 809 products that were submitted for notification.
Conclusions:
In the United Kingdom, vapers and those considering switching from tobacco to vaping can be reassured that licit products available on the UK market do not contain tetrahydrocannabinol or vitamin E acetate.
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