Geek Bar is warning retailers and consumers to be extra vigilant as potentially deadly illegal and illicit vape products are being sold in the UK.
Recent independent testing of illegal vapes which had been purchased in the UK, revealed that they contained dangerous levels of lead, nickel and chromium, in some cases up to ten times above safe limits.
Allen Yang, Chief Executive of Geek Bar, said: “Consumers must be really careful about that they buy and where they buy from. Being offered devices from ‘under the counter’, from random strangers or at a price which seems too good to be true should all set alarm bells ringing.”
He added: “Unfortunately, as vaping gets ever more popular it attracts unscrupulous characters who will happily sell illegal products which put anyone using them at the risk of serious harm.”
