The federal government's deal with the Greens to weaken a vaping ban due to start from next week is 'disappointing', leading health officials say, but it will still have a massive impact on the availability of vapes for young people.
Public health experts say a planned vaping sales ban will still be effective in curbing youth access.The availability of vapes for young people will still be massively curbed when a sales ban begins next week, despite the federal government weakening the proposed laws to win the Greens onside, public health experts say.
"I'm disappointed that we haven't got the law going ahead that the public health sector was largely supportive of, where we would see that vapes would only be available by prescription in a pharmacy. While people have always required a prescription to legally obtain nicotine vapes, purportedly nicotine-free flavoured vapes have still been allowed for sale — with the only way to determine whether they contain nicotine being through laboratory tests.
"We think there is sufficient guardrails in place to make this extremely world-leading, extremely valuable legislation. Of course, we'll need to make sure compliance is something that is looked at very carefully."The Pharmacy Guild however has argued that there is little evidence to show that vapes help people to quit smoking or nicotine dependence, and should not be handed to pharmacies to manage.
"The Senate is about to make a bad decision. We urge the Senate to change course," the peak body said.Princess Anne in hospital after sustaining concussion and minor head injuries, says Buckingham Palace
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