- Every ELFBAR and LOST MARY device undergoes rigorous testing
to ensure product quality and safety
- Both brands are committed to reducing health risks through
innovative materials, cutting-edge techniques, and new
ingredients
- The two vaping leaders continuously follow stepped-up
safety standards, enhanced by smart manufacturing
LONDON, July 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- World-leading
vaping brands ELFBAR and LOST MARY today highlighted the key role
safety evaluation plays in R&D, product development, and
advanced manufacturing.
Both brands take a holistic approach to safety assurance, which
consists of an extensive routine safety evaluation procedure
covering 142 tests on e-liquid, 22 on aerosol, and 65 on device
materials. While in constant pursuit of higher benchmarks for
product safety, the brands are relentlessly exploring new
materials, techniques, and ingredients.
"At ELFBAR and LOST MARY, tests are run around the clock with an
all-around quality control system. In June alone, 4,326 tests were
conducted on prefilled e-liquid in new products, and 3,250 on
aerosols," said Samuel Young, the
brands' R&D Engineering Director, adding that full inspections
and spot checks were conducted on 67 product lines in different
global markets, including ELFBAR's ELFA
PRO and AF5000, and LOST MARY's BM600S.
This is synonymous with the high testing frequency in 2023, when
the two brands had 32,931 product batches tested in-house, and
9,090 products scrutinized by third-party labs.
Safety well guarded
Before entering the market, every genuine ELFBAR and LOST MARY
device must undergo various stringent tests, including
toxicological and chemical analysis, reliability assessment,
material testing, and electronic and battery testing.
Also prior to market entry, each e-liquid must present a
respective test report that meets compliance requirements in target
global markets, including 21 evaluations on nicotine concentration,
the content of carbonyls and heavy metals, the pH scale and
physical properties.
Two brands have and are continuously expanding a list of 787
food additives that are banned as e-liquid ingredients while
guaranteeing e-liquids free of industrial additives. This list is
compiled based on the European Chemicals Agency Chemical Database,
and regulations stipulated in different markets, including the
United Kingdom, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates.
Benchmarked on various standards, including the Tobacco Products
Directive, these pre-market tests focus on e-liquids to ensure
hazardous substances are well below permissible levels while
screening to rule out forbidden substances, such as vitamin E
acetate, diacetyl, caffeine, and taurine.
Additionally, post-market surveillance is conducted monthly to
monitor products' safety, with regular random inspections to
measure carbonyls and heavy metals in both e-liquids and aerosols,
and the devices' chemical composition through X-ray photoelectron
spectroscopy.
Products made safer through innovation
ELFBAR and LOST MARY level up safety standards by adopting new
materials, techniques, and ingredients. Years-long R&D
efforts on harm reduction rely on the growing awareness that vaping
is substantially less harmful than smoking, as evidenced in many
scientific studies and growing.
"Misconceptions about vaping persist, with smoking continuing to
be the leading cause of preventable deaths globally, addressing
them is imperative," said Samuel
Young. "Many believe one single-use vape is equivalent to
smoking several tens of cigarettes. However, it's important to
understand that this comparison is solely on nicotine content —
overlooking a critical point that vapes do not contain the same
amounts of harmful substances found in tobacco."
"Harm from smoking comes mostly from the thousands of chemicals
in burning cigarettes, whereas levels of toxicants in vaping
aerosols are significantly lower. As such, vaping is considered
substantially less harmful," he added.
In an unwavering commitment to harm reduction, both brands are
upgrading the techniques and materials in products, to best manage
adult users' exposure to potentially hazardous substances.
For example, nickel-free corrosion-resistant electroplating is
employed on key parts of all vaping devices that have contact with
e-liquid, eliminating toxic metals. The two brands are developing a
chemical-free cotton material with enhanced thermal and chemical
stability while improving the heating coil pattern to minimize
carbonyls in aerosols.
Both brands are analyzing toxicologically and chemically new
ingredients. For instance, a safer substitute with better thermal
stability is under research to replace the common sweetener in
e-liquids. The experimental sweetener proves to be stable with
heating coils at a high atomizing temperature of 250 degrees
Celsius and releases far fewer heavy metals in aerosols.
Quality consistency delivered by automated
manufacturing
On top of extensive testing and R&D, both brands have
developed industry-leading automated production, from laser welding
to atomizing coil coating, e-liquid pod assembly and filling,
printed circuit board wielding, device assembly, and packaging.
The two brands started large-scale automated production in 2023,
boasting high efficiency and a sterile production environment, and
guaranteeing products are consistent in high-quality
batch-wise.
About ELFBAR
ELFBAR is a pioneer in the global vaping industry. Since its
inception in 2018, it stays committed to compliance, youth access
prevention and sustainable growth in its unwavering responsibility
as a leading brand favored and referred by tens of millions of
adult users worldwide.
For more information, please visit elfbar.com.
About LOST MARY
Global vaping innovator LOST MARY is dedicated to discovering
the value of vaping, setting the trend, and benchmarking the
quality.
LOST MARY is now present in over 50 global markets, where tens
of millions of adult users prefer its products. As of now, the
brand owns over 200 patents worldwide.
For more information, please visit lostmary.com.
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