Health Minister Mark Butler says he will not give in to demands for vapes to be sold freely like cigarettes, despite a push from the Nationals and industry lobby groups who say regulated retail sales are the only way to curtail the pervasive black market.
and more policing to strengthen the prescription model.
Nationals leader David Littleproud said on Tuesday that the prescription model introduced by former Coalition health minister Greg Hunt had failed, with vapes sold “on every street corner”.were the common-sense way forward and this would also simplify police enforcement of the black market. Butler emphasised that all options were on the table ahead of the TGA review, but told Labor MPs at a caucus meeting on Tuesday he was already working on a suite of measures with state health ministers.
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