Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (TOBACCO AND OTHER PRODUCTS) ACT 2023 (NO. 118, 2023) - SECT 3

Objects of Act

             (1)  The objects of this Act are:

                     (a)  to improve public health by:

                              (i)  discouraging smoking and the use of regulated tobacco items; and

                             (ii)  encouraging people to give up smoking, and to stop using regulated tobacco items; and

                     (b)  to give effect to certain obligations that Australia has as a party to the Convention on Tobacco Control; and

                     (c)  to address the public health risks posed by vaping and the use of e-cigarette products; and

                     (d)  to combat the trade in illicit tobacco and e-cigarette products.

Means for achieving objects

             (2)  The means for achieving the objects of this Act are the following:

                     (a)  limiting the exposure of the public to communications, recommendations or actions that may persuade people to:

                              (i)  start smoking or continue smoking; or

                             (ii)  start vaping or continue vaping;

                     (b)  reducing the appeal of regulated tobacco items and e-cigarette products to consumers;

                     (c)  preventing the retail packaging of tobacco products from misleading or deceiving consumers about the harmful effects of smoking or using tobacco products;

                     (d)  increasing consumer knowledge of health effects relating to the use of tobacco products;

                     (e)  increasing the effectiveness of health warnings on, and health promotion messages in, the retail packaging of tobacco products;

                      (f)  discouraging people who have given up smoking or vaping from relapsing;

                     (g)  preventing and reducing nicotine addiction;

                     (h)  reducing people's exposure to smoke from tobacco products;

                      (i)  reducing the environmental risks of tobacco products;

                      (j)  limiting novel developments and emerging innovation in tobacco products;

                     (k)  limiting the risk of e-cigarette products becoming a gateway into smoking and the use of regulated tobacco items;

                      (l)  increasing public knowledge about tobacco products and the tobacco industry;

                    (m)  establishing the Illicit Tobacco and E-cigarette Commissioner.