Mark Butler
ABC Breakfast radio,
called for stronger regulation against vaping,
Professor Stephen Robson
SA introducing more strict laws this week.
UK smokers will get free vaping kits and pregnant women who quit smoking will be rewarded with shopping vouchers in this new swap to stop policy.
It is also reported that the goal is to reduce the number of smokers in England to below five per cent by 2030.
After the UK’s announcement, Australia’s Health Minister shut any hopes of the swap to stop policy arriving to Australia down, calling vaping a “public health menace.”
“The tobacco industry has found a new way to develop a generation of nicotine addicts, and we will not stand for it,” Butler said.
“I’m aware the UK has announced a range of different initiatives to reduce smoking and vaping consumption.
“Health ministers are determined to take strong action about the explosion of illegal vaping in Australia and stamp out this menace.”
A couple weeks ago on Butler slammed the tobacco industry for the way that they manufacture and market vapes.
“These vapes are deliberately and cynically marketed to children and teenagers. Some of them have pink unicorns on them, they’re bubblegum flavoured,” he said.
“That’s why the tobacco industry is pushing them so hard. They know that this is a way to create a new generation of nicotine addicts, which is why we’re determined to stamp it out.”
In early 2023, Australia Medical Association (AMA) with AMA President saying, “Vaping is not harmless, it is not safe, it is not part of tobacco control.”
Vaping in certain public places is banned in most Australian states, with
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