Tag: Australia
Australia’s Labor Party Against Scientific Inquiry Into E-Cigs
Australia’s liberal party MPs have been striving to overturn the current vaping ban. Down under the devices are legal, but the use of nicotine-containing...
Australian Pharmacists Confused Over What Vaping Advice to Offer
A recent study from Australia has indicated that there is a high level of confusion about how to react to customer inquiries about e-cigarettes,...
Australia Finally Agrees to Studying Health Impact of E-Cigs
Liberal party MPs have been efforting to overturn the current e-cigarette ban. In Australia the devices are legal, but the use of nicotine-containing refills...
E-Cigarette use amongst young people “is mostly experimental”
Like many smokers, Dr Attila Danko, a medical doctor from Australia started smoking at the tender age of 11. Also like other smokers, he...
Australian Poll: Most Adults Want E-Cigarettes Legalized
In Australia e-cigarette devices are legal, but the use of nicotine-containing refills is not. In August 2016, several public health activists, amongst which the...
NZ: Vaping Products Can be Lawfully Imported, Sold and Distributed
In March 2017, associate Health Minister Nicky Wagner had said that e-cigarettes would be legalized and that New Zealand was adopting a low risk...
NSW Australia Bans Vaping in Public Places
This ban brings NSW in line with the states of Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT, and includes public spaces where smoking is also banned...
Doctors Have An Ethical Obligation to Suggest E-Cigs to Smokers
The study was carried out by UNSW Conjoint Associate Professor Colin Mendelsohn, a renowned harm reduction advocate, who has been at the forefront of...
