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Unlike other forms of smoking, the use of e-cigarettes or vapes has been increasing in Australia, with the proportion of the population who used a vape daily rising from 0.5% in 2016 to 3.5% in 2023, with 7% of the population considering themselves a current user.
Details of future holidays can be found on the NSW Industrial Relations website. Public holidays are regulated by the New South Wales Public Holidays Act 2010 No 115, which supersedes the Banks and Bank Holidays Act 1912 No 43. The first Monday in August is a Bank Holiday, during which banks and financial institutions are closed. [46]
Cigarette packets in Australia have undergone significant changes. Since 1 December 2012, all forms of branding logos , colours, and promotional texts are banned from cigarette pack designs. In turn they were replaced with drab dark brown packets ( Pantone 448 C ) [ 1 ] and graphic images with smoking-related themes to try to reduce the smoking ...
They did so either by buying existing e-cigarette companies (including Ruyan, the original Chinese e-cigarette company, which was bought by Imperial Tobacco) or by developing their own products. [19] A 2017 review states, "The tobacco industry dominates the e-cigarette market." [20] All of the large tobacco companies are selling e-cigarettes. [21]
The NFL's international expansion is pushing all the way into yet another continent. The league will hold its first ever regular-season game in Australia in 2026, it announced Wednesday.
The 2024 Dunstan state by-election is held in South Australia which is triggered by the resignation of Steven Marshall. [89] The result sees Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon become the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio.
After the government's 339% excise duty application in 2010, cigarette prices hit $6.1 per pack, one of the highest in the Asia Pacific after Singapore and Australia. This resulted in the withdrawal of major international tobacco firms, and a tax loss of $63 million due to the proliferating illicit market.
South Australia banned smoking inside prison cells starting in January 2015. Smoking in public outdoor dining areas has been banned in South Australia since July 2016 (the second-to-last state to do so). [24] All South Australian prisons had banned smoking by the end of 2019. [25]