John Dunne, director general of the UK Vaping Industry Association (UKVIA), has reportedly commented on the UK government's expected crackdown on the illegal sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s.

He said:

The law is very clear - it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes to under-18s and therefore a criminal offence to do so. We therefore welcome the government's expected announcement of targeted action on youth e-cigarettes, which is clearly aimed at cutting off the source of rogue dealers supplying e-cigarettes to minors. This is an approach we have been calling on the government to adopt for some time and is reflected in the detailed proposals we presented to Parliament late last month.

We are particularly pleased that the government has adopted our idea of testing purchasing schemes across the country, which will help keep a close eye on retailers' sales activity.

We also commend the initiative to establish an illegal e-cigarette Enforcement Team to improve the capacity and results of trading standards in response to the rising number of illegal products on the market as well as underage sales.

There is no doubt that taking action against those who illegally sell vaping products to children is the way forward. Importantly, this means that any measures to prevent youth e-cigarette use must not harm adult smokers who wish to quit using e-cigarettes and e-cigarette users who wish to avoid smoking again. Given that adult smokers and e-cigarette users rely on them to kick their habit and avoid relapse, that's exactly what a ban on flavored e-cigarettes would do.

As the largest trade association for the e-cigarette industry in the UK, we will also be contributing to the government's call for evidence, as expected, again highlighting the recommendations we have made to date.

Last month, UKVIA launched its tough Youth e-cigarette Prevention Action plan in parliament. This requires:

Retailers (including owners and directors) found guilty of selling to minors could be fined up to £10,000;

A new national registration scheme for retailers - only retailers that meet strict eligibility criteria will be able to sell vape products;

Introducing the first ever national test procurement scheme to continuously monitor retailers' sales to minors;

Money from fines and the retailer registration scheme will be used to fund stronger enforcement of trading standards.

Last week's flavored e-cigarette study of 2,000 adult e-cigarette users, conducted by One Poll and commissioned by UKVIA, showed that:

One in three e-cigarette users feared a ban on flavored e-cigarettes would cause them to return to smoking, representing 1.5 million former smokers;

Eight in 10 e-cigarette users (83%) claimed flavored e-cigarettes helped them quit smoking;

In addition, we have previously called on the government to adopt our guidance around child-safe packaging, labelling and flavour names in future regulations. These aim to set clear standards for e-liquids, flavour names and flavour descriptors sold on the UK market. They focused on limiting references to youth culture, removing potentially misleading images and descriptors, explicitly banning cartoons and images that appeal to young people, and proportionally limiting flavor names/descriptors that might disproportionately appeal to underage users.以上翻译结果来自有道神经网络翻译（YNMT）· 通用场景

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