The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has issued eight infringement notices totalling $105,600 to Nature’s Puff Pty Ltd and one of its directors for the alleged unlawful advertising of eight flavours of two disposable nicotine vaping products.
Six infringement notices totalling $99,000 were issued to the company, and two notices totalling $6,600 were issued to the director.
Nicotine vaping products are prescription-only medicines which cannot be advertised to the public.
The TGA said unlawful advertising of nicotine vaping products is a breach of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 for which serious penalties can apply including fines and civil or criminal court action.
The TGA granted a legal permission allowing only pharmacies and pharmacy marketing groups to advise where a person can fill their prescription for a nicotine vaping product, without mentioning specific brands or types of products.
These infringement notices follow infringement notices of $588,840 recently issued to a group of companies for the alleged unlawful import of nicotine vaping products that contained prohibited ingredients and did not comply with the relevant standard, as well as two civil court actions that are well under way for the alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine vaping products.
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