E-cigarettes
Australian youth vaping rates higher than previously thought, study suggests
A third of people under 30 have used e-cigarettes while 14% say they currently vape, according to new research
Melissa Davey
27, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Australian teenagers urge government to help them break vaping addiction
Submissions to the TGA include comments from 13-19-year-olds who want restrictions in place to help them with nicotine addiction
Melissa Davey Medical editor
26, Mar, 2023 @12:00 AM
Tobacco-linked organisations and executives fail to declare interests to TGA vaping inquiry
Known links to tobacco multinationals and vaping lobby groups omitted in submissions to federal government consultation on reform
Melissa Davey Medical editor
24, Mar, 2023 @4:22 AM
‘Overwhelming’ support for regulation of vape imports amid ‘health emergency’, TGA reports
Experts call for higher restrictions on e-cigarette imports while health minister accuses industry of making ‘new generation of nicotine addicts’
Melissa Davey Medical editor
23, Mar, 2023 @3:12 PM
Health minister Mark Butler accuses Nationals of trying to normalise vaping with ‘silly policy’
Federal health minister says his predecessor was unable to enact stronger border controls because he was ‘rolled’ by his party room
Melissa Davey Medical editor
22, Mar, 2023 @3:13 AM
‘Shocker’: health experts condemn Nationals proposal to relax vaping laws
David Littleproud says retailers should be permitted to sell nicotine e-cigarettes without a prescription to customers 18 and over
Melissa Davey Medical editor
21, Mar, 2023 @5:45 AM
Tighter import bans on e-cigarettes expected in bid to tackle ‘explosion in illegal vaping’
TGA to deliver recommendations to the government on how to curtail rise in vaping rates, particularly among young people
Melissa Davey Medical editor
20, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Pro-tobacco lobbyists circle Australian government’s proposed vaping reforms
As the TGA considers at least 4,000 submissions, tobacco companies appear to be heightening lobbying efforts
Melissa Davey Medical editor
20, Mar, 2023 @12:45 AM
UK health expert raises alarm at vaping ‘epidemic’ among teenagers
Leading respiratory doctor fears generation could end up with long-term addictions and lung damage
Rachel Hall and Clea Skopeliti
18, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
‘Beside himself with craving’: the teenagers hooked on vaping
One mother says son loved mountain biking but a year later ‘he’s not interested – he runs out of breath’
Clea Skopeliti
18, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM
Queensland to hold inquiry into health risks of e-cigarettes amid concerns some contain toxic chemicals
More knowledge needed about whether vaping is a ‘stepping stone’ to smoking and to raise awareness of harmful effects among youth, premier says
Ben Smee
12, Mar, 2023 @1:27 AM
Marketing of vapes to children ‘utterly unacceptable’, says Chris Whitty
England’s chief medical officer voices concern as vape use among 11- to 17-year-olds doubles in two years
Andrew Gregory Health editor
21, Feb, 2023 @7:04 PM
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