Disposable vapes will become legal again as the government scraps the law that banned them to avoid a costly court battle with a retail chain.
A festival-goer is seen vaping at Reading Festival in Reading, west of London, on Aug. 27, 2021. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images
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Disposable vaping devices will effectively be made legal in New Zealand after the government was forced to scrap a regulation that required any vape sold in the country to have a removable battery.
The backdown comes after Mason Corporation, which owns the vape store chain Shosha, took the issue to the High Court.
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
