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Australia bans recreative vapes

The government is determined to ban all disposable vapes, which are often served in fruit flavors, ban the import of non-prescription vapes and limit nicotine levels. The goal is to limit the sale of vape so that people stop consuming cigarettes. "Just like what they do with smoking, the big tobacco companies have used other addictive products, packaged in shiny packaging and added flavors that create a new generation of nicotine addicts," Health Minister Mark Butler said in a speech to the National Press Club. Under the rule, vape can only be sold in pharmacies and packaged in pharmaceutical packaging. Vapes, which are widely considered safer alternatives to regular smoking and are benefici... [Read more]

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