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What the label on Plum is allowed to say

Plum prices move with import duty more than with brand. In Australia that means the entry option and the premium option can close to within A$2.17 per 10 ml.

There is no single best way to buy IQOS in Australia. There is only the batch that arrived, the coil that came with it, and whether the shop tracks the production run.

If you only read one line: the pod kit you buy decides how long plum tastes right, and the coil inside it decides how long that is.

What a plum pod kit really costs in Australia

We run plum the same way in Australia: same pod kit, same 9 days, same coil resistance. The only variable was the coil, and that turned out to be the thing buyers get wrong.

How we tested plum in a pod kit

1. Order before 14:00 so the parcel leaves the same day and lands inside 4–9 business days.
2. Pick the pod kit that fits the device already on your desk, not the one on the headline page.
3. Settle the draw first: mouth-to-lung or direct-to-lung, because it decides the coil and the liquid.

• Child-resistant cap and tamper band on every plum bottle shipped into Australia.
• Spare parts availability for pod kit in Australia, since tanks and pods go first.
• Coil type inside the pod kit, because mesh and wire age at different rates.
• The listed nicotine ceiling, which is 20 mg/mL in Australia, not a suggestion.

Where plum goes wrong

• Chasing a discount on a pod kit that then needs an adapter nobody in Australia stocks.
• Treating the advertised A$67 entry kit as the real cost when refills run A$2.17 per 10 ml.
• Ordering in bulk without checking whether couriers in Australia accept nicotine freight.

The rules that apply here

Australia caps nicotine at 20 mg/ml outside legal prescription channels.

Wholesale lines to Australia need import documents the retail shop does not; ask for them in writing before a bulk order.

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