{"id":13548,"date":"2025-06-17T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaping.trusticert.com\/?p=13548"},"modified":"2025-06-17T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:36:14","slug":"new-zealand-from-17-june-2025-ban-on-disposable-vaping-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/new-zealand-from-17-june-2025-ban-on-disposable-vaping-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW ZEALAND: FROM 17 JUNE 2025, BAN ON DISPOSABLE VAPING DEVICES"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>In New Zealand, attention towards the vaping industry is growing, particularly with regard to protecting young people. Starting <strong>June 17, 2025<\/strong>, new rules under the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 come into force, introducing significant restrictions on the sale and promotion of vaping products.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most notable changes is the <strong>complete ban on disposable vaping devices<\/strong>. These products\u2014long scrutinized by health authorities for their environmental impact and strong appeal to minors\u2014will no longer be allowed to be sold or distributed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <strong>all previous advertising exemptions granted to specialist vape retailers will be revoked<\/strong>. This means that neither physical stores nor online retailers will be allowed to display product images, send promotional communications to customers, or use social media to share information about product availability. Shop windows will need to be covered, and no visual information may be visible from outside.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is clear: <strong>to significantly reduce the appeal of vaping products among young people<\/strong>. These new rules build on measures introduced in December 2024, which already increased fines for selling to minors and imposed strict limitations on the proximity of vape retailers to schools and childcare centers.<\/p>\n<p>Non-compliance will lead to substantial penalties, ranging from <strong>NZD 2,000 for minor offenses<\/strong> to <strong>NZD 200,000<\/strong> for serious violations of advertising regulations relating to vaping or non-combustible tobacco products.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that <strong>some informational messages will still be permitted<\/strong>, provided they are presented in a neutral, non-promotional manner. For example, in-store communications may state that \u201ccompletely switching from smoking to vaping reduces health harm.\u201d However, even these messages must follow specific formats and may not be used outside the point of sale.<\/p>\n<p>The message from New Zealand\u2019s health authorities is simple but strong: vaping can be a useful tool to quit smoking, <strong>but it must not become a trend or habit among youth<\/strong>. The ultimate goal remains aligned with the Smokefree 2025 program: to reduce smoking prevalence to below 5% across the population by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,25,123],"tags":[212,124,208],"class_list":["post-13548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autorita-en","category-regulations-en","category-world","tag-2025-en","tag-market","tag-vaping-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13550,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13548\/revisions\/13550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-vaping.trusticert.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}