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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 October 2025
Debate
Tobacco and Vapes BillContribution
This technology can also prevent the circulation of illicit products by being embedded, through low-cost NFC—near-field communications—tags into product packaging, so that every legal vape can be instantly verified. The technology is, of course, a data exchange between the tag and a compatible smartphone, which link it to a blockchain technology, so that one would be able to track legal vapes, thereby seriously inhibiting fake or illicit vape transmission at the border or on shop shelves.
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