Tag: nicotine

New SA taskforce targeting unlawful vapes

The Australian government’s vaping laws have been reinforced by the South Australian government with $16 million invested in a new taskforce. This taskforce has been designed to detect and disrupt the supply of...

New vaping legislation introduced to Parliament

The Australian government has introduced new vaping legislation to Parliament, said to deliver on the government's promise to protect children, young people and all Australians from the harms of vaping. Promoted as being...

More than $1.1m in illegal nicotine products seized in Sydney

Retailers across Sydney have been targeted in a recent crackdown on the illegal sale of nicotine e-cigarettes. Last week, between 29 January and 2 February, NSW Health inspectors and NSW Police officers, working...

New movement backs ‘responsible’ vaping

Responsible Vaping Australia (RVA), an initiative of British American Tobacco Australia, has recently launched in partnership with retailer and industry associations. It has hopes of ending the black market trade of nicotine...

NRA outline vaping plan to reduce harm

The National Retail Association (NRA) is outlining a different approach to legalising the sale of vaping products, in its submission to the Senate Inquiry. Previously the NRA have expressed concern with the current...

Pharmacy vaping proposal ‘worst of both worlds’ for convenience retailers

The National Retail Association (NRA) has expressed its concern about a federal government proposal to hand pharmacies a “monopoly” over the sale of smoke-free nicotine products. NRA CEO Dominique Lamb says the proposal represented the...

Health Minister’s ban on e-cigarettes faces mounting opposition

The crossbench has put the Turnbull government on notice, stating no bills for which Health Minister Greg Hunt is responsible will pass through the Senate until he reverses the ban on nicotine...

Legalisation of e-cig nicotine considered

The Therapeutic Goods Administration is seeking comments from interested parties on a proposal to exempt nicotine from the Schedule 7 dangerous poisons list, at concentrations of 3.6 per cent or less of...
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