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One in eight 'nicotine free' vapes actually contain nicotine, according to NTS
Posted 11 March 2025 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Updates|Vapes|National
UPDATES: Laboratory testing has found that many products sold as nicotine-free vapes contained nicotine, prompting fresh concerns over product compliance, consumer protection and the need for stronger enforcement in a rapidly expanding market.
People using ‘nicotine free’ vapes to help them stop smoking may be unknowingly using devices that actually contain nicotine, according to new data published by National Trading Standards (NTS).
Lab tests of 76 vapes were conducted by Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service as part of Operation Joseph, a national initiative funded by the Department of Health and Social Care to t...
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