The Polish Ministry of Health plans to ban the sale of disposable vapes and flavored nicotine bags, and completely prohibit the sale of vape products to people under the age of 18. The draft has been approved by the government’s legislative coordination group and has received unanimous support from the Parliamentary Health Committee.
Key points:
- The Polish Ministry of Health has submitted a draft legislation proposing a complete ban on the sale of disposable vapes and flavored nicotine bags.
- The same draft also includes a ban on the sale of all vape products to people under the age of 18.
- The proposal has been approved by the government’s legislative Plan coordination group and received unanimous support in the Parliamentary Health Committee.
- To avoid delaying the legislative process. The legislators did not propose any amendments. It is expected that the bill will be officially implemented before the summer vacation.
- Because once there are any amendment suggestions, the bill will need to be resubmitted to the European Commission for three months of technical notification, resulting in a delay in the schedule.
Poland’s Health Ministry to ban disposable vapes and flavored nicotine pouches
According to Portalsamorzadowy’s report on May 7th, Wojciech Konieczny. The deputy minister of Health of Poland announced at the meeting of the parliamentary health committee on May 7th that the government has formulated a draft legislation to ban the sale of disposable vapes and nicotine bags with flavoring ingredients. The draft has been approved by the Government Program Arrangement Working Group (zespo ł do spraw programowania prac rządu).
According to the vice minister, the proposal will also explicitly prohibit the sale of all types of vapes to minors under the age of 18 and impose supplementary restrictions on products currently on the market that have not yet been included in the regulatory scope of current regulations.
The Health Committee of the Polish Parliament voted without objection on the draft. All 31 attending parliamentarians voted in favor of the draft content, with no objections and no abstentions. The committee members unanimously decided not to put forward any amendment suggestions.
According to the relevant legislative coordination procedures of the European Union, if there are any amendments to this draft, it will need to be resubmitted to the European Commission for a three-month technical notification (notyfikacja techniczna). According to the Ministry of Health’s plan, the regulation that prohibits the sale of all vapes to people under the age of 18 is specifically intended to be implemented before the summer vacation.
