Serious riskSerious risk
EU Safety Gate · Report-2008-24
FUNNYMAN PRODUCTS LTD · Joke items - Fake Cigarettes
The product poses a chemical risk through inhalation of the talcum powder contained in the fake cigarettes. Given that children will imitate adults smoking they may inhale the talc, posing health risks.
- Published
- 20 June 2008
- Notifying authority
- Cyprus
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
Check the authority measure and original alert.
Type of economic operator to whom the measure(s) were ordered: Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal from the market ordered by the authorities.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 0634/08
- Model
- Barcode 5022103000478 / Model J47
- Check-digit validated barcodes
- 5022103000478
Classification
- Category
- Toys
- Risk type
- Chemical
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
Product description
Two fake cigarettes in transparent plastic on red and yellow coloured cardboard with the inscription "Fake Smoking Cigarettes - Look like the real thing!!" and a drawing of a boy smoking. Imitation glowing cigarettes, which are supposed to emit smoke when blown into.