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There are laws and guidelines about selling smoking products. Smoking products include tobacco, cigarettes, ancillary products and e-cigarettes.
Laws and guidelines
- Public Health Act 1997
- Guidelines for the Sale of Smoking Products
- Guidelines for the Sale of Personal Vaporiser Products
Licence to sell Smoking Products
- Tasmania has strict rules about selling smoking products, (tobacco, cigarettes, filters and vaping products)
- You must have a licence or be an employee of someone who holds a licence.
- A licence means you are permitted by law to sell smoking products.
- You need a licence for every premise selling these products.
- A licence has an annual fee.
- You must renew you licence each year.
- You will be sent a reminder via email to renew your licence before it expires.
Tasmanian e-cigarette laws
From 1 October 2024 Tasmania is retaining requirements for supply or access to e-cigarettes, e-liquid or vaping device. These include that:
- only pharmacies can legally sell e-cigarettes, e-liquid and vaping devices
- it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes, e-liquid and vaping devices to people under 18 years of age
- pharmacies can only sell e-cigarettes, e-liquid and vaping devices to adults with a prescription from a medical practitioner -see more below.
Guidelines for the Sale of Personal Vaporiser Products
On 1 October 2024, the Director of Public Health issued the Guidelines for the Sale of Personal Vaporiser Products pursuant to the Public Health Act 1997. This guideline states that e-cigarette products must only be sold by pharmacists to adults with a valid prescription.
Licence fees to sell Personal Vaporiser Products
- Pharmacies continue to require a smoking product licence to sell e-cigarettes, e-liquid, vaping devices and accessories under the Guidelines for the Sale of Personal Vaporiser Products.
- From 1 October and until the Public Health Act 1997 is amended, the current smoking product licence fee of $678 for pharmacies remains in place.
- Application fees for smoking product licences obtained before the proposed new law passes through Parliament and come into effect later this year cannot be refunded.
- Should the proposed new laws pass through Parliament unchanged, the relevant smoking product licence fee payable by pharmacies is proposed to be $0.
Applying for a new licence
- Click here to apply for a new smoking product licence
- You will need to provide three forms of certified identification.
- Applications can take up to three weeks to be processed.
- You are not able to sell smoking products until your licence is approved.
Renewing an existing licence
- You must use this link to renew your existing licence
- Renewals can be processed quickly as long as sales information has been provided (see below).
- Licence renewals must be completed prior to expiry.
Reporting your sales information
- You must collect, keep and report information about smoking product sales.
- To report your sales go to My Licence before or on your renewal date.
- Download the sample CSV file and instructions on how to collect sales data.
Display and sale of tobacco guidelines
Learn about smoking product restrictions including what you can’t display or sell in Tasmania.
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