ABOUT NZVA
The New Zealand Vaping Alliance is comprised of a group of New Zealand’s leading e-cigarette retailers and keen vaping enthusiasts concerned at the absence of a collective voice on e-cigarette use and vaping community issues.
In October 2015 New Zealand’s leading e-cigarette and vaping enthusiasts launched the NZVA as a New Zealand based advocacy group that seeks to increase awareness and understanding of e-cigarettes and vaping issues.
A seismic shift is occurring in the New Zealand tobacco market as a significant number of smokers switch to e-cigarettes as a way to reduce health risks associated with cigarette smoking.
Our objective is to become the one-stop-shop for the latest information on e-cigarettes and vaping issues. We will also have stories of real-people who have quit smoking thanks to e-cigarettes. See our Twitter feed below for the latest information.
Currently New Zealand smokers are unable to purchase in-store e-cigarettes containing nicotine liquid, despite significant public health support for these products. This is about to change, with the Government announcing the intention to legalise the sale of nicotine e-cigarettes and nicotine e-liquids.
But as a result of the mix of laws (Medicines Act and Smoke-free Environments Act), people looking at e-cigarettes as a way to stop smoking are forced to buy nicotine-containing e-cigarettes from overseas suppliers.
As a result of this situation, a key part of our advocacy will be on encouraging New Zealand regulators to introduce a separate regulatory framework including age restrictions and product standards for e-cigarettes and e-liquid products that meet appropriate standards.
The NZVA website will become a depository of information on the e-cigarette / juice market for media, interested stakeholders (including public health groups) and policy makers. We will also be seeking a more proactive media presence on issues impacting the e-cigarette market and vapers.
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RT @JeffaStier: .@FDATobacco ’s actions are a weak response to a concerted political effort to overstate the dangers of e-cigarette… https://t.co/x8cMKGN6ao
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RT @IamBroony: If an #ecig made an ad like this they would get hung and quarted. The fools can't see they are the ones making… https://t.co/1hv73MYGct
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RT @Vaping_Industry: Huge well done all those who have switched from #smoking to #vaping this #VApril! 😊 It's not too late to start you… https://t.co/ELwbGdJ9P5
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RT @AlexWodak: Costs to ppl of cig smoking about 10 x > #ecigs (depends on tax rates). Smoking rates >> low income people. To real… https://t.co/u290Nh4UUd
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RT @carlvphillips: My latest in @TheDaily_Vaper FDA Joins Orchestrated Attack On Juul. Or Did They Start It? https://t.co/XHPhJyVTar
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RT @Vaping_Industry: "I’m asthmatic and as a smoker I was struggling to breathe going up stairs, stuff that a young person should be abl… https://t.co/twLDso2NCg
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RT @PositiveEnerG: There are maybe 20K US vape shops and 100s of 1000s of tobacco stores and @FDATobacco spent extraordinary $$ sendin… https://t.co/DjzM6rCRCW
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RT @SmokeFreeFdn: We applaud Olivier Théraulaz, chair of @helveticvape, for sharing his journey towards harm reduction, and thoughtfu… https://t.co/SVi4wujgIM
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RT @JeffaStier: Kids shouldn't vape. Period. But some adults who quit smoking w/ ecigs are angry about how youth way gateway rhetor… https://t.co/YZQi1zDrs6
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RT @SowellDaily: "As someone who has worked both in private industry and in academia, whenever I hear about academics wanting to tea… https://t.co/rdqJ7RiuKb