Between January and March 2025, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) seized nearly 185,000 illegal vapes and vaping fluids. Those involved face fines and the cost of destroying the items.
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1. Between January and March 2025. The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) seized nearly 185,000 illegal vapes and vaping fluids.
2. Those involved will face heavy fines and bear the cost of destroying illegal products. Repeated violations can result in fines of up to 22,500 euros.
3. Dutch law stipulates that vapes are only allowed to taste tobacco, and other flavors are prohibited to prevent young people from smoking because of sweetness.
According to Nltimes on April 2, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) seized nearly 185,000 illegal vapes and vaping fluids between January and March 2025. Those involved face fines and the cost of destroying the items.
Since the beginning of 2025, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority has been allowed to seize illegal vapes and vaping fluids. The NVWA seized more than 42,000 illegal vapes at a warehouse in Barendrecht. Multiple store owners were asked to unlock the store for allegedly using the warehouse, and investigators found illegal products through a gap between the door and the ceiling.
More than 27,000 illegal vapes have been found in a warehouse in the northern Netherlands. Law enforcement officials are investigating the sale of these vapes at several stores. In January, 66,000 illegal vapes were seized across the Netherlands.
The NVWA did not disclose the fees for those involved, but fines can be as high as 22,500 euros for repeated violations.
To prevent young people from smoking because of sweetness. The Dutch law stipulates that vapes are only allowed to taste tobacco, and other flavors are prohibited.
