OUR NEW STUDY PUBLISHED THIS WEEK IN THE JOURNAL ADDICTION has revealed that the smoking rate in New Zealand fell twice as fast as in Australia between 2016 and 2023. The decline was especially notable in disadvantaged and Indigenous populations.……
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YESTERDAY MARK BUTLER REPORTED on the damning findings of Australia's management of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, despite these revelations, Butler remains unaware that the same fatal flaws in decision-making and policy are being repeated in Australia’s management of vaping. Ignoring……
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EMERITUS PROFESSOR WAYNE HALL, one of Australia's leading researchers in the field of alcohol and drugs has reviewed Australia's policy on vaping and finds it has failed to achieve its goals. In this article in The Mandarin, he suggests a……
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A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PHARMACIES has revealed that the new regulations intended to make low-nicotine vapes (≤20mg/mL nicotine) available without a prescription (as Schedule 3 medicines) have been largely ineffective. The survey of 305 pharmacies revealed that 99% of pharmacies……
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DESPITE SOME INITIAL CONFUSION and misleading messaging, adult Australian vapers can legally purchase nicotine e-liquids from online pharmacies. However, a prescription is needed. Clearing the confusion Both the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) initially……
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FROM TOMORROW, 1 OCTOBER 2024, some vaping devices and low dose e-liquid (up to 20mg/mL nicotine) will be available in Australia without a prescription from brick-and-mortar pharmacies. Sale from online pharmacies is banned. This blog outlines the latest guidelines from the TGA ……
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A SENATE COMMITTEE has issued a notice to disallow the Vaping Reforms Bill, formally known as the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Regulations 2024. The Minister has been asked to respond If Mark Butler's response to the Committee’s concerns……
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To the President, ADA Tasmania branch Dear Dr McCracken, I am writing this open letter to you about the recent ADA Tasmania media statement on vaping. The statement does not align with the latest empirical evidence on vaping and its……
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THE TASMANIAN BRANCH OF THE AMA (Australian Medical Association) issued a media release yesterday criticising an opinion piece by Senator Tammy Tyrrell on vaping. The AMA’s response reveals a striking level of ignorance and bias about vaping, perpetuating myths that……
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ONCE AGAIN, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS have jumped on the bandwagon, making alarmist claims that vaping causes young people to start smoking. But let’s be clear: this study proves no such thing. The researchers behind the Generation Vape study followed up 14-17-year-olds……
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