Fwd: Smoking and e-cigarettes / vaping

[1st Southwater GSL]

FYI . . . .

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From: District Commissioner <d...@horshamscouts.com>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 12:27 pm
Subject: Smoking and e-cigarettes / vaping
To: Horsham GSLs <horsh...@horshamscouts.com>, Horsham ESU <horsh...@horshamscouts.com>
Cc: Hillwalking Activities Team <hillw...@horshamscouts.com>, Horsham District Team <horshamdi...@horshamscouts.com>, District Chairman <chai...@horshamscouts.com>

Hi everyone

We have been made aware of an instance of Scouts under the age of 18 using e-cigarettes during Scouting activities.

Please note that the use e-cigarettes should be treated in the same way as smoking tobacco and should not be permitted for any Scout under 18 years of age.

Please see below an extract from the House of Commons Briefing Paper  - The Regulation of e-cigarettes.

3.1 Age restrictions for e-cigarettes England and Wales Age -
restrictions on the purchase of tobacco products have been in place since the early 1930s. Under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, it was an offence to sell tobacco to a person who appeared to be under the age of 16. The Children and Young Persons (Sale of Tobacco etc.) Order 2007 amended the 1933 Act and increased the minimum age of sale of tobacco from 16 to 18 years. Seven years later, Section 91(1) of the Children and Families Act 2014 also made it an offence for an adult to buy tobacco on behalf of someone under the age of 18 (known as ‘proxy purchasing’). The Nicotine Inhaling Products (Age of Sale and Proxy Purchasing) Regulations 2015 extended these provisions to apply to nicotine products, like e-cigarettes. Regulation 2 makes the proxy purchasing of nicotine products an offence, while Regulation 3 prohibits the sale of nicotine inhaling products to persons under the age of 18. The Regulations include exemptions, however, for both prescription-only, and authorised, medicinal products and devices that are indicated for the treatment of a person under 18. A statutory review of the regulations is due by 2020.

Full document - file:///C:/Users/A%20User/Downloads/CBP-8114.pdf

This provides sufficient grounds to confirm we should treat e-cigarettes in the same way as smoking tobacco.

I would further add that all leaders and adult volunteers should refrain from any form of smoking whilst in the presence of youth members of the Association.

Please refer to and follow the guidance available on the Scout Association website -

https://members.scouts.org.uk/supportresources/2310/smokefree-scouting?moduleID=10&cat=299,303

Smoke-free Scouting - members.scouts.org.uk members.scouts.org.uk This page looks at the issues that smoking raises in Scouting, both for adults and young people. It explains how The Scout Association's Safety Policy relates to smoking, provides some facts and offers guidance. Thanks to hard-hitting government advertising and prominent health warnings on cigarette ...

GSLs and Explorer Unit Leaders please bring the above to the attention of your leadership teams.

YiS

Peter

DC - Horsham Scouts

 

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