Deputy Health Minister Wojciech Konieczny announces an information at a Senate committee meeting on March 19. He says that the preparations for an disposable vapes ban have begun within the health department. And, the draft is expected to be submitted for public consultation in the next few weeks.
Konieczny says the ban will need about 6 months of notification within the European Union (EU). But it would be some time before the bill takes effect.
However, he promises that the Ministry of Health would introduce such a ban. Besides, it can also include a ban on placing disposable vapes or tobacco-free heating products on the market.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health is also preparing a bill on flavored vapes. The bill is directive to be implemented by November at the latest.
Konieczny explains that the committee’s debate involved two separate issues. That is, whether the devices is tobacco products or non-tobacco products. The former subject to tobacco laws. And the latter subject only to product safety regulations.
The minister also flagged the ban on the use of disposable vapes devices in vehicles with small children or pregnant women. He also flagged a ban on the disposable vape advertising. Moreover, the need to standardize packaging or introduce more control options.
Beata Małecka-Libera, chair of the Senate Health Committee, calls for immediate monitoring of compliance with existing regulations and not waiting for the ban to be implemented.
The Senate committee has now approved a proposal by the Ministry of Health to set up a special team. It aims to urgently withdrawing from the market all such products that violate current legal provisions.
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