AFTER 45 YEARS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE, and 8 years as Australia's first doctor to support vaping, I am finally hanging up my stethoscope. However, I will continue to advocate, teach, write and do research on vaping. I have listed a……
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THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, Blair Boyer MP has proposed a national plan to reduce youth vaping in schools. This will include an advertising campaign to educate young people on the health impacts of vaping and address misinformation. So……
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COCHRANE REVIEWS ARE THE GOLD STANDARD for determining if a treatment is effective in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). [1] The recent Cochrane review on e-cigarettes found high certainty evidence that vaping help peoples quit smoking better than traditional nicotine replacement……
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VAPERS SHOULD MAKE a brief submission to the TGA consultation on Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs). Without your input, even stricter regulations on vaping are likely to be introduced. The deadline for submissions is 16 January 2023. You can download my……
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A UK GOVERNMENT REPORT released today confirmed that vaping is reducing smoking rates in the UK. In 2021, 13.3% of adults smoked in the UK according to the annual report by the Office of National Statistics. It was 14% in……
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AUSTRALIA'S PRESCRIPTION-ONLY MODEL for nicotine vaping looks set to continue with even greater restrictions, after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced a consultation process aimed at restricting access further. The prescription model has been rejected by vapers, doctors and manufacturers……
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RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD has found the strongest evidence yet that nicotine vapes help people to quit smoking more than traditional nicotine replacement therapies (NRT), such as patches and chewing gums. The latest Cochrane Review published today concluded……
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THE HEAD OF THE THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION (TGA) has finally admitted the disastrous and predictable failure of Australia’s vaping regulations. It was embarrassing to watch Associate Professor John Skerrit being questioned at Senate Estimates last week in Canberra. Hansard here (pages……
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THE MOST IMPORTANT thing a vaper can do to get the nicotine regulations changed to a retail consumer model is to write a brief, polite email to your local state and federal MPs. Many thanks to Martin Sheppard who has……
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SARAH GAME MLC has introduced Australia’s first parliamentary bill to correct Australia’s flawed prescription-only vaping model. Speech in the South Australian Parliament 3 November 2022 The Controlled Substances (Nicotine) Amendment Bill 2022 aims to allow adult smokers in South……
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