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Recommendation comes after two days of hearings and nearly 300 submissions from health, education, pharmaceutical and other sectors

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Ms39z

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

At this point there is zero logical reason that cigarettes aren’t banned. The only logical reasons are that the government likes the $40/pack tax more than Australians dying, or big tobacco donations.. I am not advocating the ban of ciggies, it just makes zero sense to continue to go after vapes when turning a blind eye to the other ‘death maker’

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

or big tobacco donations

I don’t think the Labor party gets these anymore or they wouldn’t be go after vapes in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

There are prescription vapes? 😯

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think you need a prescription for that anymore

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

In Australia, yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

They can be prescribed for Medicinal Cannabis and also to help quit smoking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I assume as a smoking cessation tool? idk, just speculating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Pathetic, anything to protect big tobacco

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Big tobacco are the same people selling those vapes. The bill is going to nip that revenue stream in the bud before it can mature.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

They're not though, in Australia. Most black macket vapes are coming from random Chinese companies. Almost all legal nicotine is coming from independant suppliers overseas who source it from Asian manufacturers. Vapes and related equipment are no different, SMOORE are probably the biggest manufacturer - https://en.smooretech.com/

I used to sell the shit before the government got overzealous with legislation and now everyone is back on the ciggies

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

All my mates gave up ciggies and got onto vapes, saved money smelt way better.

Now they're all back on ciggies. The government are cunts either ban smoking outright or let the vapes in.