Health Ministry Admits ‘Limited Evidence’ Used to Create Now Scrapped Vaping Regulations

How the Need for Vapes Struck Me—and Why They’re Still Vilified

As a community-based researcher, I always tried to involve community members in the planning, conduct and presentation of the research. Over the years I learned to embrace the “nothing about us without us” philosophy. I know from my researching drug use and harm reduction that the success of the studies was greatly enhanced by the community connections and relationships. After all, they were the people who were using the drugs and would be in th…

ThePatriotLight - Disposable Vapes Legal Again after New Zealand Scraps Regulation to Resolve Court Battle

ThePatriotLight - A festival-goer is seen vaping at Reading Festival in Reading, west of London, on Aug. 27, 2021. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty ImagesDisposable vaping devices will effectively be made legal in New Zealand after the government was forced to scrap a regulation that required any vape sold in the country to have a removable battery.The backdown comes after Mason Corporation, which owns the vape store chain Shosha, took the issue to the…

Why did the Government reverse a ban on these vapes?

Casey Costello has denied she has "backed down" by reversing a ban of vapes that don't have removable batteries.

Disposable Vapes Legal Again after New Zealand Scraps Regulation to Resolve Court Battle

Disposable vaping devices will effectively be made legal in New Zealand after the government was forced to scrap a regulation that required any vape sold in the country to have a removable battery. The backdown comes after Mason Corporation, which owns the vape store chain Shosha, took the issue to the High Court. The government defended the action, but Associate Health Minister Casey Costello confirmed Crown Law had advised Cabinet that droppin…

Government Revokes Removable Battery Rule for Vapes Amid Legal Challenge

“Cabinet was advised that taking this step was the best way to resolve the case,” said Associate Health Minister Casey Costello, confirming that the court proceedings can now be withdrawn.

Vape rule requiring removeable batteries to be scrapped

Photo: File image By Craig McCulloch of RNZ The coalition Government is revoking the requirement for all vaping devices - including heated tobacco products - to have removable batteries.