Vape retailers required to post age-limit signs as New Zealand takes another step
10th September 2021
E-cigarettes in Australasia
You’ll find all of our content that relates to Australasia on this page. Content types include our detailed, full-length regulatory and market reports, our news briefings (both regulatory and business), and our trackers, databases and live alerts.
Business briefing
Industry news and updates with a focus on companies and businesses in the sector
Regulatory briefing
Global legal and regulatory news and updates from the vape industry
Australian GPs expect surge in patients as prescription scheme comes into force
30th September 2021
Market reports
Detailed full-length reports including data and analysis of numerous vaping markets around the world
Snapshot: New Zealand, May 2021
14th May 2021
Regulatory reports
Thorough reports providing legal and regulatory analysis of different countries and sections of the e-cigarette industry
Regulatory report: Australia
15th July 2021
Pricing trackers
Online e-cig pricing guides for numerous markets around the world, updated twice a year and provided in database format
Online e-cig pricing: Australia Q3 2021
22nd October 2021
Regulatory trackers
Up-to-date information about current regulations around the world, presented in user-friendly maps and Excel spreadsheets
Global regulatory tracker: current regulation of e-cigs October
23rd October 2021
Brands trackers
Our online price benchmarking project, analysing multi-brand retail websites in selected vape markets
Flavour & nicotine trackers
Analytical insights of the most significant vaping flavours and nicotine strengths
Databases
User-friendly databases with key global analysis, statistics, directories and more
Key global e-cigarette markets database: November 2021
5th November 2021
Blog
Analysis of critical issues and trending industry topics are explored in our blog
How will Australia’s new sales regime work?
11th August 2021
Charts and infographics
A brief highlight of what can be found in our full-length e-cigarette market reports
In a nutshell
Australia has a strict regime for its vaping sector, with nicotine e-cigs prohibited as a consumer product. All nicotine-containing products for therapeutic use are required to be approved as registered medicines in Australia, but to date no such approval has been granted. Moreover, importation of such products will be banned as of January 2021, limiting further this already small market. Since nicotine-free vapour products are considered consumer products and can be sold freely, various state-level regulations have been enacted to protect minors.
Across the waters, the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes is legal in New Zealand. In August 2020, New Zealand’s Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill was adopted by lawmakers with broad cross-party support. The new regulation includes major changes in advertising, packaging, product safety requirements and sales and distribution.
