Government agrees bill to ban sale of nicotine pouches to U-18s

Government agrees bill to ban sale of nicotine pouches to U-18s

Nicotine pouches

Tue, 03 Mar, 2026 - 18:04
Paul Hosford, Acting Political Editor

A bill to ban the sale of nicotine pouches to under-18s has been agreed by government.

The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill and the Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drug Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor on Tuesday announced the Government has approved publication of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026.

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