David Hunt

CTSI lead officer Tobacco Vapes and Nicotine

Senior Trading Standards Officer London Borough of Hackney

Biography

After a 16 year career in the police service David joined local government at the London Borough of Camden, retraining and qualifying within the Trading standards team. David has been working in the field of Vapes and Nicotine products since 2012 becoming aware of the sudden increase in vaping products that were reaching the market and their appeal to young people visiting the area. He was responsible for putting together a regionally funded testing operation on these products that identified a number of issues with these products. David was the London Trading Standards Representative on the Tobacco focus group and trained officers in London on Tobacco Products and Standardised Packaging. He has continued his work on vaping products taking a lead on these and preparing training courses for officers across GB and has built up expertise in this area with officers nationally and Public health teams and teaching staff in London. He is currently working for the London Borough of Hackney as Tobacco and Alcohol lead, which incorporates work on vaping products in Hackney and the City of London. He was elected to the Chartered Trading Standards Institute College of fellows in 2022 for his work in the field. David prepared and presented the training for officers across GB in the Single Use Ban and has written and is the trainer in the new CTSI qualification in Tobacco, Vapes and Nicotine products.