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This update is targeted at Lion Labs clients and any NZ company that participates in the vaping/e-cigarette business and is intended to assist in understanding the regulatory announcements on 24 August 2023.

Interim Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the seven months ended 31 January 2021 show Tobacco excise and duty revenues declined by 48% compared to the previous period. This indicates that New Zealand’s cigarette consumption has likely...

PayPal have been axing vape accounts left, right, and center since late 2020, locking up cash from small businesses for 180 days. This behaviour may or may not be legal, but it is certainly unethical, and the damage it can...

Since Altria made its mega 35% stake in JUUL valuing the company at US$38bn, JUUL has hit numerous road bumps. JUUL was largely blamed for increases in teen vaping in the USA and subsequently cut its range and withdrew for...

Based on their systematic reviews of literature published up to April 2016, UoV conclude with the following four observations: 1. Overall, there is encouraging evidence that vapour devices can be at least as effective as other nicotine replacements as aids to help tobacco...

Maori public health organisation Hapai Te Hauora has hit back at criticism of vaping as a smoking cessation tool written by a Whanganui Chronicle opinion contributor. Hāpai Te Hauora General Manager of Tobacco Control, Mihi Blair, said community members and...

Vitamin E acetate has been identified as a chemical of concern among people with e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury. Laboratory data show that vitamin E acetate, an additive in THC-containing products, is closely associated with lung injury. A...