FAQs - Vaping

The vaping laws are changing (again!)

Hello Cosmic fam! The vaping laws they are a changing once more, and so is our range. Our vape wizards have put in the hard yards to ensure we continue to offer high quality products that meet all the required criteria after these changes.

Here’s are the biggest changes that will affect your online and in-store shopping experience:

June 17, 2025

  • We will no longer be selling disposable vaping devices

  • You may not be able to see our vaping products from outside the store

  • We can no longer display vaping products, including pictures of the products, on our website. You will instead see plain text describing the product

  • We can no longer provide discounts, giveaways or any kind of promotion relating to any vaping products. That means that from the 17th June, our High Rollers loyalty program will only be valid and redeemable on non-vaping products.

If you have any questions about the changes - get in touch!

info@cosmicnz.co.nz
0800 267 642.

Or pop in to one of our stores and have a natter to the staff.

Links:
About the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act
Recent changes to Smokefree laws 2025
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Regulations 2023

The Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 came into effect on 11 November 2020. If you vape and would like to be aware of how these regulations affect you as a consumer, you can read about it HERE.

All of our Cosmic stores (excluding Cosmic on Cuba Street in Wellington, but including Cosmic Vape & Coffee next door) are now completely R18. You will be required to prove your age and provide ID in order to shop in-store at Cosmic, regardless of which products you are browsing.

People under the age of 18 are welcome to shop with us online, however our R18 and vaping sections are age gated. In order to shop R18 and Vaping products online you must be 18 or over and agree you are 18 or over to proceed past the age gate. Any R18 or vaping product purchased will be sent as an R18 delivery via Courier Post, this means the person who placed the order must be available to sign for the package and produce ID proving they are of legal age to accept these goods. If valid identification cannot be produced, or if the person is not the same person that purchased the goods, the Courier will not complete the delivery. Please note that during periods of contactless delivery we cannot guarantee this service.

Yes! Under recently passed legislation, stores that wish to sell flavours other than tobacco or menthol must conform to the requirements of a Specialty Vape Retailer (SVR), and all our stores meet those requirements with the exception of our Cuba Street store. To that end, we operate a second store (Cosmic Vape & Coffee) next to the Cuba Street store that can fulfil all your vaping needs.

Yes. All specialist Cosmic stores that sell vapes will continue to offer deals and bulk discounts as normal. Please note that as our Cuba St and Cosmic Plaza stores are not Specialists Vape Retailers, you will have to mosey on next door for your vape needs!