The new laws will mean retailers can no longer display or sell ice pipes in shops for risk of an on-the-spot fine.

Only Tasmania and Western Australia do not have laws to restrict the sale of this type of drug paraphernalia.

Windermere independent MLC Ivan Dean said the drug ice was readily available.

"Some youngsters have told me you can get ice anywhere you go," he said.

"It's becoming a bit like weed."

Mr Dean said it was concerning the paraphernalia would still be for sale for a few months after the legislation was passed.

Launceston independent MLC Rosemary Armitage said the sale of paraphernalia to smoke the drug sent a mixed message as the drug itself was illegal.

"Yet the minute you buy it, you can be picked up by police for having a smoking implement," she said.

"It's almost like normalising the drug."

Hobart independent MLC Rob Valentine said he was concerned about the increased penalty to be applied upon an ice user for possession of paraphernalia.

"It's not necessarily a positive thing and won't achieve a heck of a lot in dealing with drug addiction as a health issue," he said.

Possession of drug paraphernalia will be increased from 20 penalty units to 50 penalty units under the legislation.

The sale of an ice pipe will attract a fine of 100 penalty units.

Labor's health spokeswoman Sarah Lovell said while the party supported the legislation, it believed laws around ice and ice addiction should be treated as a health issue as opposed to a justice issue.