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Electronic cigarette kit E-Health Cigarette Unknown

Official notice

11 Mar 2011

Last checked

11 Mar 2011

Critical riskEU Safety Gate

An official EU Safety Gate notice concerns Electronic cigarette kit E-Health Cigarette Unknown. Null The travel adaptor supplied with the product poses a risk of electric shock because:- the internal insulation between the input and output circuits is not sufficient;- the internal connections rely upon solder to maintain their position;- the pins are inadequately sized.In addition, the product poses a health risk: specifically the risk of consumers and particularly children having skin contact or swallowing nicotine soaked cartridges. The declarations on the product claim that the nicotine content is ‘Super High’, but risk phrases and tactile warnings are absent. In addition to this, the product does not bear any specific warnings about the dangers posed to users, maximum dosage, or any information about the potential danger to children from using the product.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard BS 1363. Published 2011-03-11.

What to do now

The source does not provide specific consumer instructions. Follow the official EU Safety Gate notice for next steps.

Recall number

0224/11

Official notice

2011-03-11

The hazard

Null The travel adaptor supplied with the product poses a risk of electric shock because:- the internal insulation between the input and output circuits is not sufficient;- the internal connections rely upon solder to maintain their position;- the pins are inadequately sized.In addition, the product poses a health risk: specifically the risk of consumers and particularly children having skin contact or swallowing nicotine soaked cartridges. The declarations on the product claim that the nicotine content is ‘Super High’, but risk phrases and tactile warnings are absent. In addition to this, the product does not bear any specific warnings about the dangers posed to users, maximum dosage, or any information about the potential danger to children from using the product.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard BS 1363.

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Affected products

Product 1

Electronic cigarette kit E-Health Cigarette

Risk / hazard

Null The travel adaptor supplied with the product poses a risk of electric shock because:- the internal insulation between the input and output circuits is not sufficient;- the internal connections rely upon solder to maintain their position;- the pins are inadequately sized.In addition, the product poses a health risk: specifically the risk of consumers and particularly children having skin contact or swallowing nicotine soaked cartridges. The declarations on the product claim that the nicotine content is ‘Super High’, but risk phrases and tactile warnings are absent. In addition to this, the product does not bear any specific warnings about the dangers posed to users, maximum dosage, or any information about the potential danger to children from using the product.The product does not comply with the Low Voltage Directive and the relevant European standard EN 60950 and the relevant national standard BS 1363.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

DE · Germany

Location 2

FR · France

Affected area 1

DE · Germany

Affected area 2

FR · France

Source & status

Tier

beta

Category

VEHICLES

Classification

Serious risk — Electric shock, Health risk / other

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

0224/11

Classification

Serious risk — Electric shock, Health risk / other

Source tier

beta

Documents, notices & source

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