Question follow-through · 110463

Electronic Cigarettes: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce minimum testing standards for vaping product testing.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
10 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce minimum testing standards for vaping product testing.

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Powers in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill allow us to establish a new testing regime to ensure vape, nicotine, or tobacco products that are sold on the United Kingdom’s market do not contain harmful ingredients or metals, or breach other regulations, for insta...

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