Can I bring nicotine patches for personal use into Australia?
I am going to Australia for a holiday. I am using nicotine patches to quit smoking. I can't find any information, whether nicotine patches are allowed by Autralia Customs. On the official website, they only refer to e-cigarettes and fluid.
Best Answer
You will be fine to bring them to Australia, keep the packaging incase they're checked, also do not bring more than 3 months worth. You should also declare it on your landing card, as the Arriving into Australia webpage says.
The traveller's exemption allows people entering Australia to carry their medicines and medical devices with them for their own personal use or the use by an immediate family member who is travelling with them, such as an infant.
Follow these simple rules to make sure you don't get caught up at the border:
Don't bring medicines or medical devices into Australia for anyone other than yourself or an immediate family member.
- For prescription medicines, bring the prescription with you or have a letter from your doctor that outlines what you are taking and how much you are bringing with you.
- Keep the original packaging for your medicines and medical devices intact so they can be easily identified.
- Do not bring more than a 3 month supply with you.
- Check what medicines need to be declared at the border at the Department of Home Affairs website on the Arriving into Australia webpage. You must declare any medicines which may be subject to abuse or misuse. This includes steroids, strong pain medicines, cannabis and other restricted medicines.
- Injections that contain material of human or animal origin, such as growth hormone, require special permission to bring into the country. An Australian doctor must organise access for you through the Special Access Scheme. You do not need permission to bring insulin with you for personal use.
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Is nicotine prohibited in Australia?
Under state and territory laws, it is illegal to possess, supply or sell nicotine containing e-cigarettes, except: in specific circumstances. and when they are being supplied or accessed through a prescription.What are you not allowed to take into Australia?
Do not bring or send:- bark or straw based goods.
- fresh or dried conifer.
- fresh fruit and vegetables.
- fresh or dried holly.
- fresh or dried mistletoe.
- hampers (containing certain food, meat or plant material)
- pine cones.
- potpourri.
How do you get nicotine into Australia?
While it is legal to import nicotine e-liquid into Australia, you still require a prescription to purchase via the Personal Import Scheme, and you are only permitted to import 3 months supply.Can I bring nicotine vape to Australia?
It is legal to import a three-month supply of nicotine e-liquid into the country but to do so legally you need a prescription from an Australian doctor. Travellers can also bring nicotine e-liquid to Australia legally under the traveller's exemption.Smokers react to B.C. Government offer of free nicotine patches
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