Regardless of their nicotine level or medicinal claims, disposable, single-use vapes are prohibited from entering the country under the new regulations.
Additionally, doctors will be authorised to recommend therapeutic vapes to patients who need assistance quitting smoking or who are dependent on nicotine.
Commencing on March 1st, this year, additional reforms will be implemented, among them the prohibition of all non-therapeutic vape imports.
These new laws on vaping aim to close the legal gaps that made it simple to obtain inexpensive, highly addictive, flavor-infused, and dangerous vaping goods targeted at young consumers.
Later this year, a second phase of the vaping reform is anticipated to address the domestic production and sale of vapes. This will entail banning all vaping products, regardless of nicotine level, from being sold at retail.
The Australian population, particularly the youth, is intended to be shielded by these new vape legislation from the growing health hazards and nicotine addiction associated with vaping.
Certain public health concern:
The Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care is Mark Butler MP. “A whole new generation of nicotine dependency is being created in our community by vaping,” he declared. Australia’s efforts to reduce tobacco use are seriously threatened, and the Albanese government will not allow this to continue.
Governments and communities all around the world were offered vaping as a medicinal product to aid long-term smokers in quitting. It was never intended to be a recreational product, especially not one aimed at our children, yet that is exactly what it has turned into.
All Australian governments are dedicated to collaborating to halt the alarming rise in youth vaping. Because of the seriousness of this issue to public health, we are acting decisively.
Children are developing addictions to vapes since nicotine is present in the vast majority of them. In Australia, smoking is still the biggest preventable cause of death and disease, and vaping is a gateway to smoking. Every year, smoking causes the deaths of almost 20,000 Australians.
Like other illegal drugs, the government is aware of the implementation obstacles. While some vapes may still enter the country, it will become more difficult for schoolchildren, who are our most vulnerable and impressionable members of society, to obtain them.