Overview of the legislative regulation of the production and circulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and a proposal for updating technical regulation

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the legislative and technical regulation of the production, promotion, circulation and consumption of nicotine-containing products (electronic nicotine delivery systems, vapes, electronic cigarettes, non-tobacco smoking mixtures), the relevance in studying the issue is caused by the observed increase in the distribution and consumption of these products among the population of the Russian Federation. The spread among children and young people is of particular concern. The potential danger and toxic risk is caused by exposure to nicotine, as well as glycols, glycerols, aldehydes (including formaldehyde), volatile organic substances, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dicarbonyls, hydroxycarbonyls (acetol), metals, silicate particles and other elements found in aerosol by inhalation. A comparative analysis of international experience and practice of establishing and applying safety requirements for nicotine-containing products, as well as an analysis of regulatory legal and regulatory and technical acts of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union in the field of regulation of nicotine-containing products is given. As a result of the work, it was concluded that the development, approval and implementation of legislative technical regulation within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union – the technical regulation of the EAEU "Technical regulation for nicotine-containing products", interstate standards containing rules and methods of research (testing) and measurements, including the rules for sampling nicotine-containing products as a separate category of products that may carry a potential risk to the health of consumers.