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The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Health
- The Irish Sun
HSE chiefs in ‘stop using' warning to thousands of Irish vapers over 3 e-cigarette products
AN urgent warning has been issued for thousands of vapers over three e-cigarette products sold in Ireland. The 3 McKesse MK Bar 7000 has been removed from the shelves for breaking legal regulation Credit: X @HSELive 3 JNR Crystal Pro Max 5000 contain nicotine at concentrations of 18.0 mg/ml to 19.0 mg/ml Credit: X @HSELive 3 The Crystal Bling 6000+ puffs has also been removed from the shelves Credit: X @HSELive The products contain nicotine at concentrations of 18.0 mg/ml to 19.0 mg/ml following analysis by the State Laboratory. The alerts have been issued to the The e-cigarettes involved are the following: The Crystal Bling 6000+ puffs - Sub-brand (flavour): 5G HRTP Blue Razz Lemonade, Batch No. THE240801 McKesse MK Bar 7000 - Sub-brand (flavour): Passionfruit & Lime JNR Crystal Pro Max 5000+ puff - 0% nicotine Sub-brands (flavours): Kiwi Watermelon Ice Batch No. C24H8399-CP5000 Read more in Health The HSE took to They said: "Our National Environmental Consumers can return them to the shop where they were bought and retailers have been asked to stop selling them. Health chiefs also urged to people selling Most read in Health They added: "We are calling for much greater vigilance by retailers and importers of e- Dr Maurice Mulcahy, Regional Chief Environmental Health Officer, HSE said: 'The National Environmental Health Service is regularly finding non-compliant products on the Irish market. HSE in urgent 'don't regret it later' alert as they warn cough lasting three weeks could by cancer symptom "These three most recent alerts are for products labelled as containing 'no nicotine' but following laboratory analysis by the State Laboratory we found that they have concentrations as high as 19.0 mg/ml. "While this may be below the legal permitted limit of 20 mg/ml, it is not what the consumer has been told they contain. "In addition, these products were found to have 7.7ml to 9.4ml of nicotine-containing liquid, almost 4 to 5 times the permitted volume (2ml)." 'UNSAFE PRODUCTS' Dr Mulcahy continued: "The HSE National Environmental Health Service, in response to finding non-compliant and unsafe products on the Irish market, will continue to use its legal powers to protect the public up to and including product seizure, product destruction and prosecutions. 'However, retailers play an important role in protecting the consumers of such products from potential harm and should be checking both the products themselves and their suppliers' details before selling them on to "Otherwise, they may not only be putting the consumer at risk, they may be breaking the law and making it more difficult to trace and seek the recall and withdrawal of dangerous batches of such products." RECALL NOTICE And retailers who have sold or distributed any of these products must display a recall notice in their retail premises, website and Consumers are strongly advised to check their electronic cigarettes to see whether they may have the products involved in these alerts. If they have any of these products, consumers should stop using them and return them to the shop where they were purchased. The HSE has contacted distributors and importers of e-cigarettes and refill containers known to the HSE and made them aware of this issue and will be following up as required. LEGAL OBLIGATIONS Dr Mulcahy added: 'Retailers need to make themselves fully aware of their legal obligations and put in place robust and effective supplier controls. "We recommend retailers satisfy themselves that the products they sell are legally compliant and have been duly notified to the HSE via the European Common Entry Gate system (EU CEG). "Furthermore, if retailers also bring nicotine inhaling products into Ireland from another country that is outside the European Union, such the UK, they may by virtue of this fact also be considered an importer. "Being an importer places additional legal obligations requiring notification of these imported products to the HSE via the EU CEG and making a declaration on the EU CEG that they are responsible for the safety and quality of these products.'
Irish Examiner
09-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Sunbeds: Judge says it's a pity ban is not extended to adults too
A judge has stated that it is a pity that there is not a ban on sunbed operators facilitating sunbed sessions for adults. At Ennis District Court on Friday, Judge Alec Gabbett made his comment after a Shannon-based sunbed business, Solcraft Ltd entered a guilty plea to selling the use of a sunbed at Cosmopoli-Tan in Shannon to a person under the age of 18. The Health Service Executive (HSE) is bringing the rare prosecution under Section 4 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 where only two such HSE prosecutions for the sale of sunbed sessions to minors were recorded in 2024. Solcraft Ltd of Dun Na Ri, Shannon has pleaded guilty to the offence taking place at Cosmopoli-Tan at Unit 7, Block E, Brú Na Sionna, Shannon on November 26th 2024. Acting as agent in the case on behalf of solicitor, John Casey, solicitor, Stiofan Fitzpatrick told the court there is a guilty plea in the case by Solcraft Ltd. Judge Gabbett told the court that sunbed operators can't facilitate providing a sunbed session to children. He said: 'That is a very good thing. It is a pity that this doesn't apply to adults as well." Solicitor for the HSE, Michelle Cronin said: "I wouldn't disagree with you, Judge.' Judge Gabbett said: To be frank now, there were prosecutions by the HSE for smoking [in the workplace] but this is the same thing. It is probably more dangerous. Ms Cronin said: 'It is a concern to us that there is an increase in the amount of sunbeds available.' The HSE was prosecuting three parties for the same offence in the case and Ms Cronin of Comyn Kelleher Tobin Solicitors said that the HSE was withdrawing the prosecutions against Przemyslaw Szczupak of Cosmopoli-Tan and Munique Comargo of Cregaun, Ennis. Asked on the level of enforcement activity under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act, a spokesman for the HSE said on Friday: 'In 2024, ten fixed payment notices were served and four prosecutions taken by the National Environmental Health Service under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014. He said: 'Two of the prosecutions were for sales to minors and both were upheld by the court.' He added: "In 2023, 17 fixed payment notices were served, and four prosecutions taken by the National Environmental Health Service (NEHS) under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014. "Two of the prosecutions were for sales to minors and one was upheld by the Court." Judge Gabbett adjourned the case for sentence to June 20 at Ennis District Court. Read More Salon caught in sting operation admits breaking sunbed rules for under-18s
