Liquids not containing nicotine should be allowed to be viewed. Hardware or mods should be visible. This is the minimum standard. Due to the nature of the internet and number of both international and New Zealand based webs sites dedicated to selling and promoting these products I cannot see Prohibition on displaying products in sales how restricting retail visibility will be outlets effective. It does not make sense to restrict access to information from within New Zealand if it will cause users to purchase from other places in the world over the internet where such controls being talked about here will be lacking and in worse case Do not sell nicotine based liquids through vending machines. R18 Restriction on use of vending machines restriction. Only relating to nicotine based Requirement to provide annual returns on data products, all others excluded Yes so the user is aware of any known Requirement to disclose product content and composition cacogenics in the liquids being vaped In line with American and international Regulations concerning ingredients (eg, nicotine content and/or flavours) standards on safe levels Certification required needs to be clearly outlined but not so restrictive that it encourages people to Requirement for annual testing of product circumvent this and purchase products composition considered to be of higher risk from outside of the New Zealand government’s controls. i.e international Due to the safer nature of these products compared to standard Prohibition on free distribution and awards cigarette smoking anything that can be associated with sales used to encourage people off smoking should be allowed. Will need the ability to match international suppliers while promoting Prohibition on discounting safer levels of products where possible within New Zealand. Only on the nicotine liquids. Needs to be defined on what can and cannot be promoted. I cannot see how the hardware can be restricted but when it comes to the liquids the main concern is Nicotine. Does promoting liquids not containing nicotine fall into the same Prohibition on advertising and sponsorship category of liquids containing nicotine? Could non nicotine based liquids be promoted based on flavour for instance? If so then there are flaws in the strategy as these products may in fact being doing more harm than the nicotine based products being discussed.
Prohibition on displaying products in sales outlets Liquids not containing nicotine should be allowed to be viewed. Hardware or mods should be visible. This is the minimum standard. Due to the nature of the internet and number of both international and New Zealand based webs sites dedicated to selling and promoting these products I cannot see how restricting retail visibility will be effective. It does not make sense to restrict access to information from within New Zealand if it will cause users to purchase from other places in the world over the internet where such controls being talked about here will be lacking and in worse case Restriction on use of vending machines Do not sell nicotine based liquids through vending machines. R18 restriction. Requirement to provide annual returns on data Only relating to nicotine based products, all others excluded Requirement to disclose product content and composition Yes so the user is aware of any known cacogenics in the liquids being vaped Regulations concerning ingredients (eg, nicotine content and/or flavours) In line with American and international standards on safe levels Requirement for annual testing of product composition Certification required needs to be clearly outlined but not so restrictive that it encourages people to circumvent this and purchase products considered to be of higher risk from outside of the New Zealand government’s controls. i.e international Prohibition on free distribution and awards associated with sales Due to the safer nature of these products compared to standard cigarette smoking anything that can be used to encourage people off smoking should be allowed. Prohibition on discounting Will need the ability to match international suppliers while promoting safer levels of products where possible within New Zealand. Prohibition on advertising and sponsorship Only on the nicotine liquids. Needs to be defined on what can and cannot be promoted. I cannot see how the hardware can be restricted but when it comes to the liquids the main concern is Nicotine. Does promoting liquids not containing nicotine fall into the same category of liquids containing nicotine? Could non nicotine based liquids be promoted based on flavour for instance? If so then there are flaws in the strategy as these products may in fact being doing more harm than the nicotine based products being discussed.