Australia: Today, the Australian government introduced a bill amending the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 in order to implement the second stage of the
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11th January 2024 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Several anti-vaping and health organisations have launched, alongside the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER), an educational programme to inform
8th January 2024 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: A ban on the import of disposable vaping products, regardless of their nicotine content, entered into force on 1st January 2024. Disposable
28th November 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Minister for health and aged care Mark Butler has announced in a press conference that disposable vaping products will be banned from
10th July 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Philip Morris International (PMI) is making arrangements with several Australian pharmacies for the supply of its Veev vaping products below cost, press
25th May 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The government of Queensland has passed legislation to strengthen the state’s anti-smoking and illicit tobacco laws and their enforcement. The Tobacco and Other Smoking
23rd May 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The head of the Border Force, Michael Outram, has warned that government plans to prohibit the import of vaping products and make them subject to
8th May 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Medical associations and organisations hold different views on the government's plan to ban recreational vaping, press reports. While the Royal Australian College
3rd May 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The government has announced an intention to take firm action on vaping products, including banning the import of nicotine-free e-cigarettes, which will only be
28th April 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The health minister is going to announce further restrictions for e-cigarettes, press reports. Mark Butler has said that further restrictions on the
13th April 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The South Australia state government has proposed extending restrictions on vaping in outdoor public places, press reports. E-cigarette use would be prohibited on beaches,
23rd March 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The opposition National Party has proposed lifting the ban on nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, press reports. The Nationals’ larger coalition partners the Liberals have in the
14th March 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Queensland state premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced a parliamentary inquiry into vaping to take place next week, media reports. It follows reports that primary school
1st March 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Green Party of New South Wales has put forward a plan to regulate vaping like tobacco products in order “to end the
13th February 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Environmental associations are urging the authorities to take measures to counter the environmental damage caused by e-cigarettes, press reports. The president of
31st January 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Public Health Associations in New South Wales (NSW) are urging the next government of the state to protect young people from vaping, press
18th January 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Australian Heart Foundation has called for an import ban on e-cigarettes. In a submission to a public consultation by the Therapeutic Goods
16th January 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The consultation period for the regulation of nicotine vaping products ends today, 16th January. This consultation period was organised by the Therapeutic Goods Administration
16th January 2023 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is urging the government to toughen vaping regulation. The president of the AMA said that "Vaping is not
15th December 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Federal Council of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has passed a motion demanding tighter regulation of nicotine-free vaping products. The AMA, the doctors’
24th November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Australian Capital Territory today passed the Health Legislation Amendment Bill, which amends the 2008 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act and the 1927 Tobacco and
21st November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Calls are being made to equate e-cigarette packaging regulation to that of traditional tobacco products, press reports. Mal Washer, a former member
16th November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The head of the Therapeutic Goods Authority (TGA), John Skerrit, has acknowledged that the nicotine e-cigarette regulations implemented on 1st October last
8th November 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The South Australian state government has launched a plan to reduce the use of e-cigarettes among school students by providing training and
5th August 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: More than 15,000 nicotine-containing e-cigarettes have been seized in Western Australia in an operation analysing the content of e-cigarettes that were claimed not to
17th June 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Fiona Patten, a member of parliament (MP) of the State of Victoria, has shown her support for vaping products through her Twitter
24th May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: A change of government, following the weekend’s election, could have a direct impact on nicotine and innovative tobacco products in the country. The
23rd May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: Western Australia’s Department of Health has reported that it seized 950 nicotine-containing e-cigarettes which were being sold without a doctor’s prescription, which has been illegal in
16th May 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The New South Wales Ministry of Health has seized illegal e-cigarettes and nicotine-containing liquids amounting to a value of AUD1m ($690,000) since
22nd March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday published the results of its 2020/21 smoking and vaping prevalence survey. They show that almost 9.3% of adults
21st March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia:Â Doctors and public health experts are reportedly urging the government to ban the sale of nicotine-free vaping products that may seem appealing to
16th March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The state health and education departments of New South Wales have together launched a campaign to reduce vaping among teenagers. The “Get the Facts
3rd March 2022 - Australasia, Australia |
Australia: The government of the Australian state of New South Wales is preparing to adopt measures in order to reduce the consumption of