Pharmacy Daily | SA’s tough ban

FROM 10 Jul, South Australian retailers must be able to prove that vaping products being sold are nicotine-free based on new state laws now in place, shared an Australian standard vaping products manufacturer From the Fields Pharmaceutical.

CEO Wilhelm David said retailers such as tobacconists and convenience stores must also cease selling, supplying, possessing, or storing nicotine vaping products within the next two months.

"Until the Federal Government works through its plans to roll out a blanket ban on vaping products without a prescription, the SA Government's tough new licence conditions are an interim measure targeted primarily at those operating inside the black market, and not people who wanted to use vapes as a genuine therapeutic way to reduce or quit cigarette smoking," David explained.

"It is estimated that the black market for vaping controls over 50% of the 5.5 to 6 million vape units currently sold each month across the country.

"An equally staggering 42% of these sales are through personal importation, mainly from New Zealand, and only 8% of sales are prescription based."

"The SA Government is leading Australia by taking a strong first step to...run black market operators out of town."