Scientists are calling for the federal government to adopt stricter controls around nicotine after the federal government banned recreational vaping.
This comes after Health Minister Mark Butler announced on May 1 a massive new smoking crackdown, emphasising that vapes, which were introduced as therapeutic products, have now become the “biggest loophole in Australian healthcare history.”
“Vaping was sold to governments and communities around the world as a therapeutic product to help long-term smokers quit,” he said.
“It was not sold as a recreational product, especially not one for our kids. But that is what it has become: The biggest loophole in Australian history.”…