Gibraltar banned e-cigarettes for those under the age of 18, a new bill read Thursday, October 13, also makes it illegal to sell vaping products to people of that age.

Gibraltar has banned e-cigarettes for young people under 18, the attorney general announced on Thursday, October 13.

Gibraltar's Samantha Sacramento Attorney General released the bill to regulate the sale and supply of vaping products to children by amending the Children and Youth (Alcohol, Tobacco and Gaming) Act of 2006.

“E-cigarette products under the Act include e-cigarettes, e-cigars and e-cigarettes, whether or not they contain nicotine. Also included are items intended to form part of such devices, such as cartridges, refill containers and substances intended to vaporize. ' said the Gibraltar government.

“The bill would make it a crime for a person to sell vaping products to a person under the age of 18. The bill would also make it a crime for a person 18 years of age or older to buy vaping products for a person under the age of 18, in the same way as if you were 18 or Buying tobacco for anyone under the age of 18 is a crime as well."

The government added: In addition, the provisions for notices displayed by retailers selling tobacco have been amended to extend to retailers selling vaping products. If children are found using or intending to use vaping products in public, police may confiscate them.

"This is not a case of criminalizing children for vaping, but is aimed at stopping the supply of these products to children and allowing them to be legally removed from children in public places."

Justice Minister Samantha Sacramento MP said: "The increasing use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products by young people is a public health concern in Gibraltar. Part of this concern is that there is some evidence that teen use of these products increases their chances of starting smoking later in life, which poses health risks.

“Therefore, in consultation with the GHA, this bill will regulate the supply of these products to children and give police the power to confiscate these products from children in public places to protect children from these products as if they were protected The same tobacco and alcohol products.”

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