Australian E Cigarette & Vaping Laws

AUSTRALIAN VAPING LAWS STATE BY STATE GUIDE 0% LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Device used to mimic smoking. Tobacco Products Control Act 2006 The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without WESTERN AUSTRALIA nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. The Sale and Supply of electronic cigarettes is illegal. Purchasing Electronic Cigarettes from ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN STATE IS LEGAL. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Classed as a Tobacco Product. Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES without 0% nicotine is legal. QUEENSLAND The display and/or promotion of electronic cigarettes at a retail outlet is illegal. The Sale and Supply of electronic cigarettes is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use is illegal. Use in existing no-smoking zones is prohibited. SA LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. NEW SOUTH WALES The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. The Sale and Supply of electronic cigarettes is legal. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. VICTORIA The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. THE SALE AND SUPPLY of electronic cigarettes is legal. THE SALE AND SUPPLY of Nicotine is illegal. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. SOUTH AUSTRALIA The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. The Sale and Supply of electronic cigarettes is legal. SA LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. NORTHERN TERRITORY The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. THE SALE AND SUPPLY of electronic cigarettes is legal. LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. The Sale and Supply of electronic cigarettes is legal. A LEGAL CLASSIFICATION Electronic Cigarettes are un-classed. TASMANIA The use of ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES with or without nicotine is legal. IMPORTING NICOTINE for personal use from overseas is legal. THE SALE AND SUPPLY of electronic cigarettes is legal. THE SALE AND SUPPLY OF NICOTINE IS ILLEGAL WITHIN AUSTRALIA Nicotine fluid is listed as a Schedule 7 poison which prohibits its sale and supply within the country. CAN I IMPORT NICOTINE FROM OVERSEAS? YES You are allowed to import up to 3 months supply of nicotine e-liquid at any one time. Total quantity of orders imported, must not exceed 15 months supply, within a 12 month period. Nicotine E-liquids & E-cigarettes that do not make any therapeutic claims can be imported under the Personal importation scheme Not subject to duty or GST if customs value (Therapeutic Goods Act 1989) below A$1000 WARNING NICOTINE IS A POISON PLEASE KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND BUY LIQUID WITH CHILD-PROOF CAPS LEARN MORE ABOUT NICOTINE Its a stimulant providing the Nicotine is considered as a benefits that some people therapeutic agent to treat conditions such as Alzheimer's get from caffeine, such as disease, Parkinson's disease and Tourette's syndrome more productivity and focus. Nicotine is a naturally occuring chemical found in many plants and vegetables A small baking potato (141g) contains around 1 microgram of nicotine. Tobacco cigarettes contain between 0.4mg to 2.5mg of nicotine. 1 ug is the amount a passive smoker would absorb in 3 hours of being next to a smoker. People smoke for the nicotine, but they die for the tar 5, - Professor Michael Russell Addiction to nicotine has never caused harm to the user or to bystanders. That is why NRT products are now recommended by the FDA and the MHRA as long-term substitutes for smoking. , -Dr Konstantinos E Farsalinos: Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Greece Inhaling mist from the e-cigarette is rated several orders of magnitude (100 to 1000 times)less dangerous than smoking tobacco cigarettes. ) - Dr Murray Laugesen: Health New Zealand http://www.customs.gov.au/faq/AlcoholCigTobacco2.asp https://www.tga.gov.au/personal-importation-scheme http://www.health.qld.gov.au/public-health/topics/atod/tobacco-laws/electronic- cigarettes/default.asp http://casaa.org/Nicotine_Effects.html https://www.tga.gov.au/communityqa/electroniccigarettes http://www.qld.gov.au/health/stayinghealthy/atods/smoking/devices/ http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Factsheets/ecigaretteslegal.pdf http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Corporate/Articles/A_E/ElectroniccigarettesinWestern-Australia http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/news/2014/warning_on_ecigarettes Infographic by OZ VAPOUR http://www.ozvapour.com