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Description
The country recently announced new regulations that increase the regulatory burden on vaping, including new packaging and product safety requirements, licensing requirements for specialist vape retailers, and reporting requirements. The regulations will take effect at various times, ranging between 21st September 2023 and 21st March 2024.
Vaping products with and without nicotine are regulated by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 (“Amendment Act”) and the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 2021.
This report offers in-depth analysis of the current regulatory framework in place in New Zealand for vaping products, covering all policy areas.
Reasons to buy
An ECigIntelligence regulatory report will provide you with:
- A clear and detailed understanding of current regulatory requirements affecting this sector in a specific jurisdiction, enabling you to be confident your business and your products are compliant.
- The ability to plan ahead for specific regulatory changes.
- Strategic understanding of the policy climate within the jurisdiction, enabling you to forecast how it might affect business development.
- Sources of further information, for example links to full texts of legislation and contact details for relevant government offices.
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Outlook
- New Zealand: the basics
- National regulatory framework
- Age restrictions
- Product restrictions
- Labelling and packaging
- Obligation to notify
- Retail channel restrictions
- Public usage
- Advertising and marketing
- Taxation
- Sanctions
- Relevant laws
- Relevant bodies
Methodology
Our research is completely independent and original. It is conducted by ECigIntelligence’s multilingual legal analysis team, all specialists in this sector, and goes through a rigorous review and editing process before publication. Research draws on multiple sources, including: online and offline resources and data, specialist legal software, our own extensive databases and report archives, interviews with key stakeholders and government officials, and collaboration with local legal firms and on-the-ground professionals in the jurisdictions covered.
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