The British Standards Institution (BSI) in collaboration with the Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association (ECITA) has released a set of voluntary quality controls for manufacturing and marketing vaping products.

Most of what the publication sets out to do is contained in its title: PAS 54115 Vaping products, including electronic cigarettes, e-liquids, e-shisha and directly related products – Manufacture, importation, testing and labelling – Guide.
“Vaping is fast becoming the alternative to the harmful practice of smoking. Therefore any vaping product which is a substitute to smoking and works by being ingested, has to be safe. It is essential that guidance such as PAS 54115 exists to establish this. It not only provides reassurance to regulators, it ensures that product safety and quality is maintained across batches and can be reliably demonstrated with documentary evidence,” said Anne Hayes, BSI head of market development for governance and risk.