E-cigarettes and vapes: recalls and official safety alerts

484 EU Safety Gate alerts concern e-cigarettes and vapes. The first dates from 22 January 2020, the latest from 29 September 2026. In the last four complete quarters there were 131, up from 109 in the four quarters before. The hazards named most often are chemical (99%), other health risk (1%) and other (0%). Read from the official risk descriptions, the most common reasons are e-liquid breaks nicotine rules (93%), restricted chemical above the legal limit (74%) and missing warnings or child-resistant closure (15%). 69% were for products made in China, 7% were for products made in Hong Kong and 5% were for products made in Poland. 15% of the EU alerts were marked as sold online, and 1% name an online marketplace, most often Amazon and eBay. The most common outcome was withdrawn from the market (54% of EU alerts); 91% included a measure ordered by an authority. Chemicals named in the official risk descriptions include lead.