EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-15
HAPPY INDUSTRIAL LIMITED · Joke item - "Puff Puff cigarettes"
The product poses a chemical risk because inhalation of the starch-talcum mixture may lead to respiratory tract irritation and inflammation. The powder contained within the cigarette is supposed to be released when it is blown into, imitating cigarette smoke. Inhaling, as with real cigarettes, is a foreseeable condition of use. One incident reported.
- Published
- 18 April 2008
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary recall from the consumers by the distributor.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0442/08
- Model
- Barcode 4012825533003, article n° 533000
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 4012825533003
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Hong Kong
Product description
Imitation cigarettes (rolled paper resembling a lit cigarette) with ash at the tip and a standard filter at the other end. Blowing into it releases a fine white powder from the tip, which is supposed to look like real smoke