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The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is preparing the groundwork for regulations to govern vaping products.
SABS lead administrator, Jodi Scholtz, says it is estimated that about 350 000 people use vaping products and that sales in 2019 amounted to R1.25 billion.
And, as the industry grows, she says there's a need to establish national standards that should guide the quality of the products.
Scholtz says these standards should also provide consumers with some assurance that these electronic devices and products used are safe.
She says they're establishing a national technical committee to develop these standards, a process that could take nearly a year to complete.
The Committee will be responsible for the setting of guidelines and promoting standardisation in the field of vaping products, covering electronic vaping products and their components, requirements for prefilled cartridges and reservoirs, terminology, sampling, methods of test and analysis, product specifications, safety, quality management and requirements for packaging, storage and transportation.
