COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
COMPETITION AND CONSUMER ACT 2010
Consumer Protection Notice No. 15 of 2011
PERMANENT BAN ON NOVELTY CIGARETTES
I, DAVID BRADBURY, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, pursuant to subsection 114(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, IMPOSE a permanent ban on the goods specified below.
Particulars of Goods
Imitation cigarettes that contain a fine powder such as talc (hydrated magnesium silicate) or similar substances, and that allow users to blow into, or inhale from, the imitation cigarette to produce a cloud of fine dust. These may be known as ‘Puff Cigarettes’ or by other names.
Note: Goods subject to this Notice and which fail to comply may be subject to compulsory recall.
Dated this 1st day of February 2011.
DAVID BRADBURY
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer