Market & legal data for the vapour sector in New Zealand

Governments get stricter on disposables amid health and environmental concerns

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 18th September 2024

Governments around the world are rushing to clamp down on disposable vapes, responding to mounting concerns over their devastating environmental impact, health risks and surging popularity among young people ...

BAT expects new launches to accelerate H2 performance, after revenue drop in H1

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 25th July 2024

British American Tobacco reported a drop in first-half revenue, offset by the continued growth of new categories. BAT expects new-category revenue to be weighted in the second half of 2024, driven by phased launches ...

New Zealand moves closer to plans of tightening controls on youth vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson | 12th July 2024

Enaction of measures to curb youth uptake of vaping in New Zealand proposed earlier this year “should not be too far away”, a government spokesperson told ECigIntelligence ...

UK smoking ban may not be washed up as Labour likely to refloat its own form of bill

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 29th May 2024

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s smoking ban bill is likely to be scrapped after it was not mentioned in the final business in the House of Commons last week, following Sunak’s call for a snap...

New Zealand will ban disposable vapes among measures to tackle under-age use

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 22nd March 2024

New Zealand’s associate health minister announced that the government has agreed to outlaw non-reusable vapes and impose harsher sanctions against the sale of vaping products to under-age users ...

Environmental management round-up: new approaches across the globe

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 31st January 2024

Regulators continue to increase restrictions in an attempt to minimise the environmental impact of vaping. ECigIntelligence looks at how different countries are trying to tackle the same issues ...

Are Australia’s vaping laws working to reduce smoking and youth vaping rates?

Written by ECigIntelligence | 30th January 2024

Australian restrictions on the sale of vaping products are so severe as to constitute a de facto ban, according to a public health expert. It has now also banned the general sale of nicotine-free vapes...

Disposables dominated 2023, with buzz around bans, youth and the environment

Written by Freddie Dawson | 28th December 2023

“Disposables” was the word in vaping in 2023: although they had been building steam prior to this year, it was 2023 that saw multiple elements reach a crescendo ...

Shock reversal of smoke-free legislation in New Zealand concerns health experts

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th December 2023

New Zealand’s radical smoke-free plans look likely to fall victim to savings designed to fund tax cuts by the new government, who are looking to repeal amendments to the Smokefree Environments Act ...

New Zealand tightens restrictions on batteries, nicotine caps, and retailers

Written by ECigIntelligence | 31st August 2023

New Zealand will soon require removable batteries in all vaping devices, while also imposing nicotine concentration limits, banning certain types of flavour names, and tightening restrictions on retail ...

BAT records ‘resilient’ H1 performance, remains confident about Vuse Alto PMTA

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 28th July 2023

British American Tobacco’s vapour brand Vuse was the key driver of the company’s positive performance in the first half of the year, and it remains confident in its Vuse Alto pre-market tobacco product application submission...

New Zealand health research fund backs three-year trial of ways to quit vaping

Written by Freddie Dawson | 28th June 2023

Research into how New Zealanders can stop vaping will receive part of a NZD53.7m (USD32.6m) government funding allocation for research into pressing health issues ...

New Zealand takes a less strict approach towards rising vaping rates among youth

Written by ECigIntelligence | 16th June 2023

New Zealand is trying to balance keeping smoking-cessation rates up and vaping from climbing, especially among young people, but is it doing enough? ...

Where do we go now? ECigIntelligence’s guide to regulation expected in 2023

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 3rd January 2023

Disposables and youth vaping are likely to be the major themes for vaping in the year ahead, affecting debates on matters such as taxes, flavour bans and environmental measures ...

E-cigs exempt as New Zealand brings in world’s first birthdate-based tobacco ban

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 20th December 2022

New Zealand has passed a law introducing a steadily rising smoking age to prevent those currently under the age of 14 from ever being able to legally buy cigarettes ...

The WHO's World No Tobacco Day campaign sparks mixed reactions

Written by Tiziana Cauli | 2nd June 2022

On international World No Tobacco Day vaping industry representatives called out the WHO and governments for not supporting smoking alternatives as a cessation tool, but the campaign was celebrated by many charities and health organisations...

Teen vaping increased in New Zealand amid public health experts’ concerns

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 9th March 2022

The percentage of teen vapers in New Zealand rose significantly in 2021, accompanied by a decline in smoking rates among 13- and 14-year-olds ...

2021 reviewed: false dawn for vaping, or some light showing at the tunnel's end?

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th January 2022

Could 2021 be remembered as the year we first started to see some light at the end of the tunnel? Only time will tell for sure, but there were clues ...

New Zealand hatches fresh plan after admitting it won't hit smoke-free target

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 13th December 2021

New Zealand’s government has released a new plan setting out a series of policies to reach its “bold” ambition of lowering the smoking rate to 5%, including making traditional tobacco “less available” than vaping products...

Vape retailers required to post age-limit signs as New Zealand takes another step

Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 10th September 2021

New regulations that come into force in New Zealand tomorrow will oblige retailers, including vape stores, to display signs at each point-of-sale warning customers that e-cigarette products are not for sale to minors ...

New Zealand retailers fear government plan to cut number of tobacco outlets

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th May 2021

A proposal by the New Zealand government to limit the number of shops that can sell tobacco products is causing concern among the country’s retailers, who would need to apply for new business licences under...

New Zealand lawmakers unanimously pass new vaping bill

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th August 2020

New Zealand's Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was adopted by lawmakers with broad cross-party support on 4th August ...

Hot debate in New Zealand over fine detail of bill to regulate e-cigarettes

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 15th June 2020

An intense debate is on-going in New Zealand between representatives and health officials over planned legislation to regulate vaping products in the country for the first time ...

World No Tobacco Day 2020: the debate about harm reduction

Written by David Palacios Rubio | 31st May 2020

World No Tobacco Day provides an opportunity to consider the approach that public health authorities, policymakers, and advocates around the world have towards the role of tobacco-alternatives products ...

New Zealand MPs to consider range of proposed new vaping regulations

Written by ECigIntelligence | 4th March 2020

A new amendment put before the New Zealand Parliament aims to tighten current regulations on vaping and heated tobacco – but the country's attorney general has distanced himself from the proposals ...

New Zealand raises vaping awareness for smoking cessation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 3rd May 2019

New Zealand has set in stone its objective of becoming a smoke-free country, and the latest measure to achieve this by 2025 is a plan to raise public awareness of vaping as a way to...

New Zealand minister puts forward plan for e-cigarette regulation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th December 2018

The minister charged with drawing up proposed regulation of e-cigarettes in New Zealand has done so, based on the stated belief that vaping and smokeless tobacco are “highly likely to be much less harmful than...

New Zealand gives the all-clear to vaping and HnB – but ads are out

Written by Freddie Dawson | 16th May 2018

E-cigarettes and heated tobacco can continue to be sold in New Zealand under current regulations, the country’s government has formally announced ...

Legal victory means PMI can sell Heets in New Zealand after all

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th March 2018

Philip Morris International (PMI) has won the right to sell and market heat-not-burn Heets sticks in New Zealand in a surprise legal ruling against the Ministry of Health ...

Nicotine ‘more dangerous than drink’ according to survey respondents

Written by Daniel Mollenkamp | 21st March 2018

More than half of US consumers wrongly believe that using nicotine every day is more dangerous than drinking every day, according to a new global survey from the Foundation for a Smoke-free World (FSFW) ...

New Zealand softens towards vaping, while Australia stands its ground

Written by ECigIntelligence | 10th January 2018

While Australian regulation remains firm in its resistance to e-cigarettes, a more conciliatory approach in New Zealand is leading to a divergence between the two markets ...

New Zealand’s change of government unlikely to derail e-cig legalisation

Written by ECigIntelligence | 6th November 2017

The recent change of government following the general election in New Zealand should not derail attempts to legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes in the country ...

New Zealand election doubt creates uncertainty over future of e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th September 2017

A looming knife-edge election and an opposition party without a policy on e-cigarettes has thrown New Zealand’s vaping industry into doubt over its future ...

New Zealand’s pathway towards legal alternatives gets a cautious welcome

Written by ECigIntelligence | 28th August 2017

The New Zealand government’s plan to create a “pathway” to the legal sale of alternative tobacco products has been broadly welcomed by harm reduction advocates – but with reservations ...

New Zealand health report suggests stick for cigarettes, carrot for e-cigs

Written by ECigIntelligence | 14th August 2017

A group of public health professionals in New Zealand are recommending a two-pronged approach to cutting smoking – action against combustible cigarettes combined with support for vaping ...

New Zealand clears a legal path for alternative tobacco products

Written by Freddie Dawson | 4th August 2017

New Zealand is to introduce an amendment to existing laws that will enable the legal introduction of alternative tobacco products such as snus and heat-not-burn devices ...

New Zealand ready to allow e-cigs but still stands firm against HnB

Written by ECigIntelligence | 7th June 2017

New Zealand looks set to amend the law to allow nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to be sold in the country – but not to permit HnB...

PMI faces legal challenge to its right to sell iQOS in New Zealand

Written by ECigIntelligence | 23rd May 2017

Philip Morris International (PMI) has run into legal trouble in New Zealand, where the health ministry has taken the company to court for attempting to sell its iQOS heat-not-burn device in the country....

New Zealand to formally legalise e-cigs, but will ban much advertising

Written by Freddie Dawson | 29th March 2017

The government of New Zealand has confirmed that it plans to legalise nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, and embed harm reduction concepts into...

Maori leader wants New Zealand to subsidise e-cigs for cessation

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th March 2017

A New Zealand political party has proposed providing some form of subsidy for e-cigarettes in pursuit of the country's goal of being smoke-free by 2025....

Asia Pacific warms to heat-not-burn, but it’s not an easy road

Written by Freddie Dawson | 20th February 2017

Japan Tobacco and Philip Morris International are attempting to widen their distribution of heat-not-burn (HnB) products throughout Pacific Asia, but there have been problems along the way....

E-cig experimentation widespread among Russian students

Written by ECigIntelligence | 26th October 2016

Nearly a third of Russian high-school students have tried vaping, according to new...

E-cigarette science researchers focus on role of nicotine

Written by Marc Beishon | 26th August 2016

The effects of nicotine remain a major focus for scientific researchers investigating e-cigarettes, as three new studies...

New Zealand consults on legalising and taxing e-cigs

Written by Freddie Dawson | 3rd August 2016

The New Zealand government wants opinions on the future of e-cig regulation and taxation....

Signs of policy relaxation in New Zealand, but Australia remains strict

Written by Freddie Dawson | 6th June 2016

The attitudes of New Zealand’s policy-makers to e-cigarettes seem to be growing more liberal than those of their counterparts in Australia, with the smaller nation edging toward greater tolerance of vaping while the larger maintains...

Singapore’s new e-liquid ban: part of a growing Asian trend?

Written by Freddie Dawson | 18th June 2015

Singapore is to ban e-liquids as part of a wider move to end the importation, sale and use of alternatives to combustible...

New Zealand allows first radio advertisement for e-cigarettes

Written by Freddie Dawson | 13th May 2015

New Zealand, where strict controls are placed on e-cigarette sales and distribution, has allowed an e-cig radio ad for the first time....

Stringent rules on nicotine hamper Australasian market

Written by Freddie Dawson | 23rd December 2014

Regulation is holding the Australasian e-cigarette market far behind other...

Cochrane Review: a cautious thumbs-up for e-cigarettes

Written by Marc Beishon | 20th December 2014

E-cigarettes containing nicotine can help people quit and cut down on smoking: that is the digested version of the Cochrane review on the use of e-cigs for smoking cessation and reduction, but the review itself...

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