August 5, 2016
AAP
The medicines regulator is considering whether to change the way nicotine is regulated so it can be used in e-cigarettes.
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is seeking public submissions on a proposal to exempt nicotine from the Schedule 7 dangerous poisons list, at concentrations of 3.6 per cent or less, in a bid to reduce the harm caused by tobacco.
E-cigarette devices are legal in Australia but sale and possession of the nicotine used in them is illegal.
Posted in Industry News
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