NEWS
IBVTA TO RELEASE NEW TRADING
STANDARDS ‘BIBLE’ FOR VAPE INDUSTRY
When Britain’s biggest advocate for a free and independent vape
business came to its biggest Expo on May 26, associate member
Liam Humberstone told Vapouround that the organisation were
hoping to “write the Bible” on trading standards for the industry’s
vendors.
The Independent British Vape Trade Association or IBVTA are
fresh off their inaugural April conference (as detailed in our series
of special reports in this issue) and haven’t slowed down since.
Chairman Richard Hyslop explained how their latest move ties in
with their overall mission:
“Since our conference in Manchester we’ve been carrying on
our day-to-day work, so trips to Brussels and trips to Scotland
regarding excise and changes to advertising regulations.
“
Richard hopes this will be the most thorough codification of vape
trading standards ever assembled.
“We’re sending it to Trading Standards to give it their approval,”
he added. “Remember, though there’s some confusion within the
industry, there’s a lot of that within Trading Standards and various
standards organisations taking various approaches.
“This week we got a call to our offices from a trading standards
officer who had been telling people that the sell-through period
for the TPD was this September, that sort of mistake can’t
be ignored.”
The IBVTA hope for a new uniformity to emerge as a result of
their document. “We’re calling it the Vendor’s Guidance – which
will hopefully be authorised by Trading Standards and will be
distributed to the wider industry. If it goes well, everyone will be
singing from the same hymn sheet.”
WE FOUND THAT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT CERTAIN ELEMENTS OF THE
TRPR [TOBACCO AND RELATED PRODUCTS REGULATIONS 2017] AND A LOT OF MISINFORMATION
ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE’VE PRODUCED A GUIDE TO EVERYTHING – NOT JUST TRPR, BUT ALL
OTHER REGULATIONS. THIS INCLUDES AGE OF SALE RESTRICTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE OUR
MEMBERS OR PEOPLE IN THE GENERAL VAPE BUSINESS NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
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