Albany's mayor says his council has been telling a smoke and vape shop for months it isn't allowed to set up in a major shopping centre. But it put up new signs last week anyway.
Dennis Wellington has vowed to block a vape shop from opening in the WA city.abc.net.au/news/albany-council-fights-cloud-9-vape-shop-dog-rock-shopping-centre/102748986A West Australian council has threatened to take a smoke and vape shop to court if it starts trading close to schools.Albany mayor Dennis Wellington says the shop is not permitted at the siteA Cloud 9 franchise plans to open its Albany store on Middleton Road this week.
Mr Wellington said the business had been instructed since March it was not permitted to operate at Dog Rock Shopping Centre. "The developer was told back in February that this was the case, that it's not appropriate for that zone, but he's chosen to ignore that," Mr Wellington said.Mr Wellington said the city would issue a notice to the owners if the store opened, and would consider legal action if the shop operated at the shopping centre.
In adolescents aged 12 to 17, the ADF found about 14 per cent of 12 to 17-year-olds had tried an e-cigarette.Australian Council on Smoking and Health co-chief executive Laura Hunter said stores and producers were targeting young people with tactics such as bright colours, flavours, the use of social media and cartoon characters on packaging.
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