How imported electronic cigarettes are posing risks
Electronic vaporizing cigarettes imported from China are innovative products that fill a gap in demand from smokers looking for less-expensive alternatives to tobacco smoking. Imported e-cigarettes also pose significant financial risks to businesses that distribute these nicotine delivery systems to local consumers.
E-Cigarettes Failing Inspections at Customs
The sale of electronic cigarettes containing nicotine is illegal in Australia. Therefore, customs officials can seize any shipment of e-cigarettes into Australia.
In the United Kingdom, the use of e-cigarettes is legal and unrestricted by government authorities. This may explain why the UK already has a company that makes its own brand of e-cigarettes, while other jurisdictions including Canada and the United States are b...