Nicotine prescribing and vaping products
If you require an appointment to discuss vaping as part of your plan to quit smoking, please check with our staff for a list of doctors who are registered to do so.
From 1 October 2024, vapes with a nicotine concentration of 20mg/mL or less will be available from Australian pharmacies to patients 18 years of age or older without a prescription. A pharmacist must evaluate the patient’s need and determine if it is clinically appropriate before supplying the good.
Vapes for patients under 18 years and/or with a nicotine concentration of more than 20 mg/mL will require a prescription from a medical or nurse practitioner.
Doctors can write a prescription for nicotine liquid for use with a re-fillable vape, when the prescription is part of a management plan to quit smoking. The guidelines stipulate that other methods of quitting must be tried first, as the longer term harms of vaping are not known. In addition, some people have acquired a vaping habit and may need assistance to reduce or quit.
To prepare for our consult and to assist your doctor to write an appropriate prescription we recommend that you:
- Read the information for patients from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
- Review the list of products available
- Talk to your local pharmacist about the devices and products they are able to obtain for you
If you want a general consultation about smoking cessation, please make a time to see your doctor to discuss. You must consider other methods before trying vaping.
We also suggest you visit the Quit.com website.
You can also consider any of the following services to obtain a prescription for vapes:
Home – Medical Nicotine – Medical Nicotine Prescriptions
Vaping & Nicotine Prescriptions Online | Authorised Doctors | Quit Clinics
Quit Smoking | Same Day Personalised Vaping Prescription For Nicotine | QuitRx
Online Nicotine Prescriptions Australia – Smokefree Clinic | Smokefree
For more information and advice about vaping and vaping products, please visit the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association website.
Last updated 17 January 2025