Australia begins crackdown on vaping, to ban import of single-use devices (www.reuters.com)

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[-] autumn@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

that is what they’re doing.

"These are the vapes that have pink unicorns on them, bubblegum flavouring, disguised in order for them to hide them in their pencil cases," Butler told a news conference.

To ensure the bans don't limit access for smokers looking to quit, doctors and nurses will be given expanded powers in January to prescribe therapeutic vapes where clinically appropriate.

But therapeutic vapes will be restricted from using flavours, have limited nicotine levels and be sold in pharmaceutical packaging under new rules to be introduced next year, with a transition period for manufacturers to comply.

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