Vaping hub

Find out how we define and regulate vapes in Australia.

Last updated

1 October 2024

The vaping hub provides up-to-date information on the regulatory changes and how they impact the Australian community, industry and health practitioners.

Changes to the regulation of vapes

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Find out about changes to the regulation of vapes in Australia.
Vapes: information for individuals and patients

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Find out about therapeutic vapes for smoking cessation and the management of nicotine dependence, how they are regulated, and how they can be accessed.
Vapes: information for prescribers

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Learn about the regulatory framework for prescribing therapeutic vapes for smoking cessation or the management of nicotine dependence.
Vapes: information for pharmacists

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Learn about how vapes for smoking cessation and nicotine dependence are regulated, and the requirements for dispensing and supplying vapes.
Vapes: information for sponsors, importers and manufacturers

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Learn what the regulatory changes mean for the importation and manufacture of therapeutic vapes.
Vapes: information for wholesale, transport, logistics and storage facilities

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Learn what the regulatory changes mean for the supply and commercial possession of therapeutic vapes.
Vapes: information for retailers

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Vapes cannot be supplied through any non-pharmacy retail store, such as tobacconists, vape shops or convenience stores in Australia.
Vapes: advertising and promotion

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Find out more about the restrictions around advertising and promotion that apply to vapes.
Vapes: compliance and enforcement

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Find out how we approach and manage compliance with the regulation of vapes in Australia.
Notified vape list: goods for smoking cessation or nicotine dependence

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This page contains a list of therapeutic vaping goods, for use in smoking cessation or the management of nicotine dependence, that can be legally supplied in Australia. Healthcare practitioners can use this list when prescribing and supplying unapproved therapeutic vaping goods as they have been notified as complying with applicable standards.
Product standards: unapproved therapeutic vapes

1 October 2024

Reference material

Find out more about product standards that apply to unapproved therapeutic vapes for smoking cessation and the management of nicotine dependence.

Reporting non-compliance

We encourage you to report any perceived breach of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 or questionable practices relating to the importation, manufacture, supply, export or advertising of vapes to the TGA. This includes the supply of vapes by a retailer that is not a pharmacy.

Nicotine pouches – can only be imported, supplied and advertised in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989, and state/territory law
Medicinal cannabis – cannabis vapes are subject to separate strict regulations

Latest articles

TGA seizes thousands of illicit vapes, nicotine pouches and therapeutic goods in Western Sydney

24 March 2025

Media releases

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has seized more than 5,000 vapes, 7,000 nicotine pouches and other products across two locations in Sydney’s western suburb of Penrith.
New online form for sponsor notice of therapeutic vaping goods

28 February 2025

News

From 1 March 2025, sponsors of vaping goods will be able to use a new online form of the sponsor notice.
Therapeutic Goods (Therapeutic Vaping Goods - Sponsor Notice and Restatement Form) Approval 2025

28 February 2025

Notices

This instrument is made under Schedule 5A to the Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990 and Schedule 4 to the Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002.

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Changes to the regulation of vapes

Vapes: information for individuals and patients

Vapes: information for prescribers

Vapes: information for pharmacists

Vapes: information for sponsors, importers and manufacturers

Vapes: information for wholesale, transport, logistics and storage facilities

Vapes: information for retailers

Vapes: advertising and promotion

Vapes: compliance and enforcement

Notified vape list: goods for smoking cessation or nicotine dependence

Product standards: unapproved therapeutic vapes

Reporting non-compliance

Latest articles

TGA seizes thousands of illicit vapes, nicotine pouches and therapeutic goods in Western Sydney

New online form for sponsor notice of therapeutic vaping goods

Therapeutic Goods (Therapeutic Vaping Goods - Sponsor Notice and Restatement Form) Approval 2025

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