prEN 18165

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-maj-2025
Elektronske cigarete in e-tekočine - Zahteve za varnost otrok in preskusne metode
Electronic cigarettes and e-liquids - Child safety requirements and test methods
Elektronische Zigaretten und Liquids für elektronische Zigaretten - Anforderungen an die
Kindersicherheit und Prüfverfahren
Cigarettes électroniques et e-liquides - Exigences de sécurité enfants et méthodes
d’essai
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 18165
ICS:
65.160 Tobak, tobačni izdelki in Tobacco, tobacco products
oprema and related equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2025
ICS 65.160
English Version
Electronic cigarettes and e-liquids - Child safety
requirements and test methods
Cigarettes électroniques et e-liquides - Exigences de Elektronische Zigaretten und Liquids für elektronische
sécurité enfants et méthodes d'essai Zigaretten - Anforderungen an die Kindersicherheit
und Prüfverfahren
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 437.
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which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 5
4 General requirements . 7
4.1 General requirements . 7
4.2 Child appeal . 8
4.3 Mechanical resistance against breakage and leakage . 8
4.4 Child resistant fastenings and opening mechanisms . 9
4.5 User instructions . 9
5 Test conditions . 10
5.1 General test conditions . 10
5.2 Test conditions for mechanical tests . 10
6 Test procedure . 10
6.1 Child appeal . 10
6.2 Applying the Assessment Tool . 10
6.3 Results . 11
6.4 Child panel test . 11
Annex A (normative) Drop test against breakage (source: CEN/TS 17287:2019) . 14
A.1 General. 14
A.2 Test surface for drop testing . 14
A.3 Pre-conditioning . 14
A.4 Drop testing . 14
A.5 Test results . 14
Annex B (normative) Tension test . 15
B.1 Apparatus . 15
B.2 Method . 15
Annex C (informative) Examples of mechanisms for child resistance and tamper evidence
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C.1 Heat Shrink Bands or Wrappers Over Multi-movement Caps . 16
C.2 Tear-away Caps. 17
C.3 Multi-movement Caps . 18
C.4 Blister or Strip Packs . 19
C.5 Bubble Packs . 20

European foreword
This document (prEN 18165:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 437 “Electronic
cigarettes and e-liquids”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document provides an Assessment Tool expressing the rules contained in Clause 6.
Introduction
This document was developed in response to Article 20(3) of the EU Directive 2014/40/EU Tobacco
Products Directive that states: “Member States shall ensure that (g) electronic cigarettes and refill
containers are child- and tamper-proof, are protected against breakage and leakage and have a mechanism
that ensures refilling without leakage”. Additionally, introductory remarks of the Tobacco Products
Directive state: “(40) Electronic cigarettes and refill containers could create a health risk when in the hands
of children. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that such products are child- and tamperproof, including by
means of child-proof labelling, fastenings, and opening mechanisms”.
The document provides methods on how to test and document that an electronic cigarette or refill
container is child-resistant and is protected against breakage and leakage.
The purpose is to reduce potential risks for children associated with these products. The identified
primary risk for children related to these products is contact with or ingestion of nicotine-containing
liquid. Therefore this document applies only to electronic cigarettes and refill containers which contain
nicotine or are intended to contain nicotine as part of their normal product lifecycle.
It is important that manufacturers ensure child safety within their products, in the development of
electronic cigarette devices as well as refill containers, to make sure that the products are sufficiently
child safe if children unintentionally access the devices or refill containers.
To ensure the products are child resistant, the following must be taken into consideration:
— Child appeal;
— Mechanical resistance against breakage and leakage;
— Child resistant fastenings and opening mechanisms.
1 Scope
This document specifies child resistance mechanisms and tests methods for assuring child safety within
electronic cigarettes and refill containers.
NOTE Attention is drawn to the definitions laid down in EU Directive 2014/40/EU Tobacco Product Directive.
This document is applicable for electronic cigarettes and refill containers which are containing or
intended to contain nicotine.
This document does not apply to tamper resistance nor general product safety requirements which are
not specific to child safety.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 862:2016, Packaging — Child-resistant packaging — Requirements and testing procedures for non-
reclosable packages for non- pharmaceutical products
CEN/TS 17287:2019, Requirements and test methods for electronic cigarette devices
EN 60068-2-75:2014, Environmental testing — Part 2-75: Test — Test Eh: Hammer tests
ISO 8317:2015, Child-resistant packaging — Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages
ISO 13127:2012, Packaging — Child resistant packaging — Mechanical test methods for reclosable child
resistant packaging systems
ISO 28862:2018, Packaging — Child-resistant packaging — Requirements and testing procedures for non-
reclosable packages for non-pharmaceutical products
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp/
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
child appeal
ability of a product to appeal to children by design or presentation

withdrawn
3.2
electronic cigarette
product, that vaporises e-liquid to generate an inhalable aerosol carried by air drawn through the device
by the user
Note 1 to entry: Electronic cigarette is also referred to as e-cig, vapour product, personal vaporizer or
ENDS/ENNDS.
Note 2 to entry: Electronic cigarettes differs from tobacco products in that they do not contain tobacco.
3.3
e-liquid
base liquid, which may or may not contain nicotine and/or additives, intended for transformation into an
aerosol by an electronic cigarette
3.4
refill container
receptacle containing an e-liquid, which can be used to refill a vaping device
Note 1 to entry: Also called refill bottle.
3.5
open system
refillable electronic cigarette where the user fills/refills a reservoir with e-liquid
3.6
closed system
electronic cigarette with prefilled e-liquid disposable cartomisers or cartridges
3.7
e-liquid reservoir
component for holding e-liquid and supplying it to the atomizer
Note 1 to entry: E-liquid reservoir also refers to tank or reservoir.
3.8
e-liquid cartridge
e-liquid container that can be loaded directly into an e-cigarette, which can be disposable or reusable
3.9
container
vessel of glass, metal, plastic or a combination of materials designed to provide appropriate packaging
for a product and having a neck finish suitable for the proper attachment of a closure
[SOURCE: ISO 8317:2015]
Note 1 to entry: In the context of this document, an example of a container would be a refill container without the
cap attached.
3.10
closure
cap or securing device of metal, plastic or a combination of materials designed to fit an appropriate
container providing a secure seal against environmental challenges
[SOURCE: ISO 8317:2015]
Note 1 to entry: In the context of this document, an example of a closure would be the cap of a refill container.
3.11
child-resista
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