In Australia, 61.6% of buyers are mixing Nicotine with E-liquids on their own. This means that they are usually buying off high density nicotine to D-I-Y it with their non-nicotine e-liquids. 38.4% of buyers are using pre-mixed e-liquids or ready-to-vape, nicotine containing e-liquids.

38.4% of buyers are using pre-mixed e-liquids or ready-to-vape, nicotine containing e-liquids.

The majority of users are also buying Nicotine base at a massive turn-out of 85.1% compared to the buyers of Nicotine Salt which is only at 14.9%. While both is a nicotine substance derived from Natural tobacco, the latter is mixed with an Acid and is used mainly for POD devices.

Almost half of the respondents, at 49.5%, knew the details of the regulation through the Vaping Community - which includes Forums and Social Media groups. 35.9% of them found HILIQ Emails and service as useful in disseminating information as it came in second. Vape Shop was also a source of information with 8.9% while a word-of-mouth advice from a Friend garnered 5.7%.

The early announcement of the Nicotine Ban allowed customers to prepare their stocks in advance, not to mention, somehow panic as it gets closer to its implementation date. We adjusted our Annual Free Shipping event in order to accommodate the needs of our Australian customers, thus, 68% of customers bought off lots of nicotine supplies from HILIQ as they gear up nearing the regulation. 32% of customers also stocked up as many nicotine as they can from different brands.

5 months after the October Nicotine Ban, 36.3% of customers say they still have a lot of Nicotine in their hands, while 31% admitted they are already running low. 19.9% will be buying new stocks soon as they are already very low in stock and the rest of the 12.8% have still very plenty, it could last them a year.

The third and last part of the survey shows the respondents’ thoughts about getting a prescription and how the policy affected their nicotine consumption and vaping use in general.

A massive 81.5% of Australian respondents think that it is very hard and inconvenient to get a prescription. While 18.5% believes that it is only right to do and easy to get.

Prescription is expensive - this reason gets 16.7% why Australian customers are still not willing to get one. 6.8% have no doctor or known clinics, while 11.4% doesn’t know the process of obtaining a prescription. 36.3% answered of all the 3 mentioned above, and 28.8% can’t pin point yet why they do not want to get a prescription for now.

Those who already have prescriptions, only 15.3% have gotten theirs because they needed nicotine. 2.8% have their own doctor and 1.4% got their local vape shops to assist them. HILIQ prescription board was a good help in getting one at 5% and 4.6% answered all of the above. The number of those who does not have yet a prescription is at a whooping 70.8%.

After the implementation of the new nicotine regulation, 61.6% have not yet bought any nicotine ever since while 8.2% have completely stopped buying it. 13.5% of respondents are continually buying nicotine while 16.7% are considering to buy some again.

Overall, the Australian Nicotine Regulation has somehow affected at least 23.1% of our customers and buyers, and 30.6% of the respondents was found to be totally affected. However, majority of them, at 46.3%, said that the Australian Nicotine Regulation did not affect their nicotine use and Vaping use in general.