Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has signed a law that applies the fine to the offence of ‘selling tobacco products or nicotine-inhaling products at events aimed at children, or where the majority of the participants or audience are children’.
UK doctors have demanded a total ban on disposable vapes and all flavours except tobacco to tackle a “vaping epidemic” among young people.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to rethink tough new laws to restrict vaping amid fears it could fuel a massive black market.
It’s been a bust few weeks in the world of safer nicotine products, what with Australia’s effective prohibition, some European country urging a continent wide flavour ban, and Sweden going the other way and implementing harm-based taxation.
Chemists and consumers in Australia have been left confused by new laws banning vape sales - with or without nicotine - outside of pharmacies.
Australia has today become the first country to ban the sale of vapes outside pharmacies.
Australia has watered down its world-first law banning vapes outside of pharmacies - with access now not restricted to prescription-only.
Australia’s new vaping bill will lead to more youth vaping, a booming black market and a hole in tax revenue, a leading professor has warned.
The Australian government has been accused of an ‘outrageous double standard’ after denying compensation to legal vape shops left bankrupt due to the vape ban.
Violent fire wars have erupted in Australia over the black market trade of vapes - with dozens of tobacco shops going up in flames.
Legalising vapes in Mexico could save 106,000 deaths from smoking in the next 25 years, a new study has found.
