Unsafe vapes with more than five times the legal level of nicotine liquid have been seized from a shop in Aberdeen. 

Trading Standards officers took action amid concerns underage children were accessing the products.

Disposable electronic cigarettes with fruit, mint and cotton candy flavours which look like highlighter pens and make-up products with a value of about £900 were taken in the seizure.

Trading Stards have been cracking down on unsafve vapes by visited stores as part of a Scotland-wide project.

Nicotine inhaling products containing more than 2% nicotine or with more than 2ml of liquid are illegal to sell as they do not comply with UK safety requirements.

The Herald:

Products must be approved by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency before being supplied in the UK and there are strict labelling guidelines. 

Graeme Paton, Aberdeen City Council Trading Standards manager, said: 'It was unacceptable that vapers are unknowingly risking their health by using these unsafe disposable products.

“Illegal and counterfeit products are flooding into the market and consequently pose a potential health risk to customers.

"Inappropriately branded products are also being purposely marketed towards children.

“Parents may not realise their children are vaping these unsafe devices - they are brightly coloured and closely resemble highlighter pens or make-up products.

"They cost from £5 to £7 each.”

The Herald:

Shops in Aberdeen city centre have reported that youngsters are trying to buy ‘Geek’ and ‘Elf Bar’ products by congregating outside shops on Union Street, trying to get adults to buy the vapes for them.

Any adult caught buying vaping products for underage teenagers face an on-the-spot fixed penalty of £200.