ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE NOTICE

In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, the Environmental Health Directorate within the Superintendence of Public Health, wishes to inform the public, that the below productmust not be consumed because the product contains an excessive volume of liquid that contains nicotine at a high concentration. This can lead to the accidental consumption of a high dose of nicotine.

Nicotine is acutely toxic and can endanger the safety of the user notably if the product comes into contact with the skin or is ingested.

Consumers are encouraged to regularly check the Safety Gate online platform (link: https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate/) to ensure that a product is not listed as a dangerous product.

For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Environmental Health Services between 8:00a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on telephone number 21337333 or by email on admin.ehd@gov.mt. The public is also being invited to access the Directorate's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/EHDMalta or our official website at https://environmentalhealth.gov.mt for similar information.

Smoking seriously harms you and others around you. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Directorate (HDPD) Malta offers free, one to one smoking cessation support. Call Tobacco Quitline on 80073333.