The Federal Court has ordered three online e-cigarette retailers to pay penalties for breaching the Australian Consumer Law (ACL). This is claimed to be the first time any regulator globally has successfully...
Paul Matthews will hand over the reins as General Manager Australasia for Imperial Tobacco to Patrick Ganguly from October 1 this year.
Mr Ganguly began his career with the company in 1997 as...
The Queensland Government is exploring the merits of introducing a licensing scheme for the sale of tobacco products throughout the state following the recommendations of a parliamentary inquiry.
A copy of the Committee’s...
Philip Morris International (PMI) has committed to developing a viable reduced-risk alternative to the combustible cigarette – a project in which it has already invested US$2 billion ($2.69 billion).
Speaking to the BBC...
The ACCC has accepted court-enforceable undertakings from both Philip Morris and Zen Sensation not to supply cigarettes that do not meet the mandatory reduced-fire-risk safety standard.
Cigarettes sold in Australia must meet the...
Tasmania’s Department of Health and Human Services is inviting public comment on the draft Public Health (Tobacco Seller's Licence) Regulations 2009.
The regulations, if enacted, would increase the tobacco licence fee under sections...
A 44-year old man is to be summonsed to appear in court after an Australian Border Force (ABF) operation resulted in investigators finding over 750 kilograms of illegally imported tobacco, with a...
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...
