The Government Health Office has warned the public to avoid a certain vape brand and to contact the GP if they're feeling unwell.
The HSE wants members of the public to stop using certain e-cigarettes from the Aroma King range of disposable vapes.
The reason being the products are non-compliant with EU tobacco legislation, the HSE said via a statement, as reported by The Independent.
The products reportedly contain more than the EU's permitted amount of nicotine, which is 20mg/ml. The HSE have also urged retailers to stop selling them.
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It was discovered that 46 Aroma King disposable e-cigarettes were sampled by the HSE and they found that the nicotine concentration is higher than the allowed amount, with levels up to 50.4mg/ml detected.
Dr Maurice Mulcahy, Regional Chief Environmental Health Officer at the HSE, said: "As a precautionary measure, our message for the public is to check your e-cigarette product against the list of products involved in this alert.
"If you have one of these products, we want you to stop using it and return it to the shop where you bought it.
"If you have already used it and feel unwell then you should contact your GP as the first point of contact.
"We are asking retailers to stop selling the products listed below and to contact us with the full supplier traceability details.
"If retailers have sold or distributed any of the listed products below we want them to recall them by displaying a recall notice in a prominent position on their retail premises and on their website."
The e-cigarettes included in the warning are:
Alert Reference A12/00605/22 Aroma King Bar 600 puffs 20mg/ml 2% nicotine, in the following flavours and batch number:
Ice Skittles; Green Apple; Monster; Grape Energy; Hawaiia Pog; Berry Peach; Blueberry Bubblegum; Strawberry Ice Cream; Grape Ice; Watermelon Ice; Strawberry Ice; Peach Ice; Blue Sour Raspberry; Cherry Ice; Mango Apple Pear; Cool Mango; Blue Razz Cherry; Energy Drink
BATCH NUMBER: MFG: 2021.10.21 EXP: 2023.10.20
Alert Reference A12/00604/22 Aroma King 2000 puffs 20mg/ml salt nicotine, in the following flavours Blueberry, Hawaiian Pog, Blue Razz Ice
BATCH NUMBER: No batch number
Alert Reference A12/00602/22 Aroma King 700+ puff 20mg/ml salt nicotine in the following flavours Peach Ice, Grape Ice, Mango Apple Pear, Green Apple, Cool Mango, Banana Ice, Lychee Ice, Cola, Energy Drink Ice
BATCH NUMBER: No batch number
Alert Reference A12/00603/22 Aroma King Queen 1400 20mg/ml 2% nicotine in the following flavours Green Apple, Banana Ice, Cola Lemon
BATCH NUMBER: No batch number
LADbible has contacted Aroma King for comment.
Anish Vij