Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered ActsBasic definition
(1) A tobacco product means the following designed or intended for human consumption or use:
(a) processed tobacco in any form;
(b) a product that contains tobacco as an ingredient.
Note 1: Loose tobacco for roll-your-own cigarettes is an example of processed tobacco. A cigar or cigarette is an example of a product that contains tobacco as an ingredient.
Note 2: An e-cigarette product that contains tobacco is not treated as a tobacco product under this Act (see subsection (4)).
Note 3: Tobacco products and tobacco product accessories are together called regulated tobacco items (see definition in section 8).
(2) To avoid doubt, a tobacco product includes those parts of the product that are not tobacco.
Example: A tobacco product that is a cigarette includes the paper, and any filter tip, in the manufactured product.
Certain wrappers excluded
(3) A tobacco product does not include a wrapper for tobacco that is in the form of a sheet or tube made from or with tobacco.
Note: Such wrappers are treated as tobacco product accessories (see paragraph 10(1)(d)).
E-cigarette products excluded
(4) A tobacco product does not include an e-cigarette product (even if the e-cigarette product contains tobacco).
Certain therapeutic goods excluded
(5) A tobacco product does not include a product that is entered on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods maintained under the Therapeutic Goods Act.