If you think someone is breaking tobacco retailing laws, including selling illicit tobacco or illegally selling vaping goods, please report this to NSW Health by completing the online reporting form.
NSW Health’s Centre for Regulation and Enforcement is responsible for the regulation of retail and wholesale supply of tobacco and non-tobacco smoking products under the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008, and the regulation of non-therapeutic vaping goods and other nicotine products under the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966.
NSW Health Inspectors monitor compliance with the legislation and can issue warnings and fines, seize illicit tobacco and vaping products, close premises, or initiate prosecutions against wholesalers and retailers that break the law.
Learn more about NSW Health’s compliance and enforcement approach for tobacco and nicotine products.
For more information about offences and penalties, refer to penalties and enforcement.
From 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, NSW Health inspectors conducted over 2,900 inspections of retailers.
During these inspections, NSW Health inspectors seized about 245,000 vapes, nicotine e-liquids and pouches, over 20.6 million cigarettes, and over 3,000kg of other illicit tobacco. These products had a combined estimated street value of around $30.5 million.