It is illegal in Australia to sell nicotine vapes to anyone without a prescription as of October 2021, but there has been only a small increase in the amount of vapers who have got one...
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 ...
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...
Further regulatory restrictions on e-cigarettes are expected, but these will not prevent the global vaping market from continuing to grow in 2024, ECigIntelligence predicts ...
Public pressure can drive legislators to make populist decisions on nicotine product regulation that are not based on evidence, warned speakers at the recent Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum (GTNF) in Seoul ...
Australian dentists have joined the country’s chorus of opposition to vaping, with the Australian Dental Association (ADA) including a warning against e-cigarettes in its updated recommendations for oral health ...
Authorities believe Australian pharmacies and consumers will have the wherewithal to see through Philip Morris International (PMI) vape product marketing tactics ...
Fear of the effects of an increase in youth vaping has led a UK anti-smoking charity to call for e-cigarettes to be made available on prescription only, matching public health policy in Australia ...
New Zealand is trying to balance keeping smoking-cessation rates up and vaping from climbing, especially among young people, but is it doing enough? ...
Australia has announced that it will take measures to further restrict e-cigarette access as part of its commitment to reducing smoking and vaping rates and their harm to young people ...
Australia’s National Party says shops should be able to sell nicotine-containing e-cigarettes without prescription to counter the continuing rise in youth vaping ...
A British American Tobacco initiative ran a series of adverts last year that encouraged visitors to a link where they could sign a petition for the government to let retailers sell nicotine vaping products, and...
Several Australian public health bodies have urged the government to ban flavours in e-cigarettes, reduce their nicotine concentration, and prohibit the sale of disposables ...
A new centre-left Labor government in Australia will not bring about any change in vaping regulations as it looks to liberalise various policies brought in by the former Liberal-National coalition government ...
Companies are trying new ways to reach vaping customers in severely restricted Australia, but they must be careful not to fall foul of strict guidelines that separate promoting from simply informing the public about prescription...
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...
Written by Antonia Di Lorenzo | 24th February 2022
The number of authorised prescribers for nicotine vaping products in Australia has skyrocketed since regulations changed. However, critics say this has also led to a booming black market ...
A study has warned about “significant exposure” of Generation Z teens to videos glamorising vaping on social media platform TikTok and called for “effective age restrictions” to avoid it ...
Australian doctors anticipate an increase in appointments with patients wanting prescriptions for nicotine e-cigarettes after new regulations come into force ...
Australian consumers will soon be able to obtain medically licensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes from community and online pharmacies, but questions remain ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 23rd December 2020
Anyone wanting to import nicotine e-cigarettes into Australia from 1st October 2021 will require a doctor’s prescription, despite a Senate committee’s call for e-cigs to be more generally available ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 17th December 2020
A member of the Parliament of Western Australia has launched a petition to effectively legalise vaping by allowing the sale of nicotine e-liquid in the state ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 11th November 2020
An Australian Senate committee to inquire into tobacco harm reduction strategies will meet for the first time in Canberra on Friday, and again week later in Sydney ...
Regulators need to consider the risks of the precautionary measures they implement, and not just the risks they are trying to avoid, according to researchers studying Australian e-cigarette regulation ...
The Australian Ministry of Health decided to defer until further notice the implementation of the import ban on nicotine e-cigarettes that was to come into force in January 2021, after already being postponed by half...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 13th October 2020
Pharmacists across Australia are waiting for more details after the announcement by the country’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) that they would be exclusive distributors of prescribed e-cigarettes ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 24th September 2020
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has relaxed its position on e-cigarettes, deciding they can be available legally from pharmacies if prescribed by a doctor “to support smoking cessation” ...
Melbourne City Council in Australia has voted unanimously in favour of ban on vaping in 11 defined smoke-free areas in the city’s central business district ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 27th August 2020
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued a final decision that leaves the sale of all tobacco-alternative products banned in the country, while still allowing e-cigarettes on prescription only ...
Australian health minister Greg Hunt has announced that importing e-cigarettes will be banned from 1st July “to reduce the risk to public health through addiction to nicotine and nicotine poisoning” ...
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 ...
The Australian city of Melbourne is working to implement new regulation that would prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in the city’s central business district ...
While nicotine vaping has been largely acquitted of involvement in the US outbreak of vape-related lung disease, will the torrent of misinformation that followed have a long-term impact on the e-cig sector? ...
Written by David Palacios Rubio | 30th January 2020
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has reviewed its position on smoking cessation and is now considering vaping as a possible tool to quit smoking ...
ECigIntelligence is launching a new International Alerts round-up for Platinum + and Platinum Pro subscribers to enable them to stay on track with regulatory developments in international markets ...
Public confusion about regulation has led Australians to inadvertently break the law on vaping products, according to a recent study which also blamed inconsistent information being disseminated in the media ...
A call by the WHO for governments to enforce bans on all tobacco or e-cigarette advertising and sponsorship in sports events has had no formal response from the world of motor racing ...
PMI and Ferrari have been forced to cancel their partnership for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the opening race of the Formula 1 season. The Mission Winnow branding will, however, reappear for the rest of...
Two vaping companies have found a way to cut through Australian red tape, integrating the country’s tricky regulatory scheme into their business model ...
Online sales of vape products will be banned in South Australia from the first quarter of 2019 after the state’s parliament passed a law on 15th November, with the support of the state’s two majority...
Media coverage of ENDS around the world is much more likely to be negative than positive, and to focus on health effects rather than e-cigs’ use in smoking cessation, a new study suggests ...
After a long period of opposition to vaping, Australia’s health minister has moved to set up an independent inquiry into the health impact of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes ...
The Australian government is facing growing dissent on a number of fronts to its continuing ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes. And one federal senator has vowed to block all government health legislation until the ban is...
A long-awaited parliamentary report into the legalisation of e-cigarettes has delivered both an official blow and an accompanying glimmer of hope for vaping businesses in Australia ...
A libertarian and a renegade conservative are the only federal politicians in Australia to have publicly backed a national campaign in support of legalising e-cigs ...
If e-cigs were freely available in Australia they could be worth AUD150m a year to the country’s convenience stores, an industry leader has told ECigIntelligence ...
An Australian campaign to legalise the domestic sale of nicotine-containing e-liquids in the country faces a difficult challenge as opposing opinions solidify ...
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 ...