Regulatory report: Australia
15th July 2021 | Regulatory reports |
This report provides an overview of both national and state law for vaping products in Australia
Regulatory reports / Australasia
All of our full-length regulatory reports that cover Australasia can be found on this page. These reports provide a detailed and comprehensive overview of individual Australasian countries’ regulations and restictions in relation to e-cigs. In addition to a general outline of the regulatory landscape for the country, more specific regulations such as product restrictions or taxation are also covered.
Regulatory report: New Zealand
20th April 2021 | Regulatory reports |
The regulatory framework for vapour products in New Zealand is undergoing a major change. This report provides an overview of all current and future regulations for vaping products in the country
Regulatory report: New Zealand, regulations to be tightened
17th March 2020 | Regulatory reports |
The New Zealand parliament aims to tighten current regulations on vaping and heated tobacco, seeking to regulate e-cigarettes in a similar way to Europe. This report covers all current regulation as well as those due in the near future
Nicotine imports allowed under prescription: Australia regulatory report
8th April 2019 | Regulatory reports |
In our latest look at e-cig regulations in Australia, we find that at the national level, nicotine is treated as a poison, and all nicotine-containing products for therapeutic use must be approved as “registered” medicines
A world of regulation: where the bans are on harm reduction products
17th December 2018 | Regulatory reports |
ECigIntelligence presents its comprehensive analysis of which countries have banned the three most popular harm reduction products: nicotine-containing vapour products; heated tobacco; and oral tobacco
New Zealand working on regulation for newly legal nicotine e-cigs
11th July 2018 | Regulatory reports |
The New Zealand government is working on creating a regulatory framework for nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, expected to be more flexible than the regime in place in Europe
New Zealand research adds weight to the relative harm argument
19th April 2017 | Regulatory reports |
Researchers in New Zealand have produced a paper comparing the relative health risks of e-cigs and smoking which they hope will add more information to the limited pool the authorities are dipping into to guide the making of regulations.
Australia: hardline attitudes and red tape make for a difficult road ahead
22nd November 2016 | Regulatory reports |
Though states and territories get to make their own rules, vaping products containing nicotine are effectively outlawed across Australia – and life isn’t much easier for sellers and users of non-nictotine e-cigs.
Could e-cigarettes be the next battleground for plain packaging?
10th June 2016 | Regulatory reports |
As the tobacco industry braces itself for a global epidemic of plain-packaging legislation, there have been calls for the controversial measure to be applied to e-cigarettes too.