Vaping

Vaping laws in Australia have undergone a significant overhaul with new measures coming into effect today.

Marketing guru Russel Howcroft has slammed the Federal Government's new anti-vaping campaign in his latest podcast episode. 

Health bosses claim more than 1000 teenagers a week will start vaping if Federal Parliament delays the vaping bill.

From October 1, therapeutic vapes will be available from a pharmacy in a process similar to that for ibuprofen or nicotine patches.

Making matters more concerning for health experts, is that the long term health impacts still remain just as hidden as the ingredients inside.

The campaign will use advertisements on TikTok, gaming and other platforms to communicate the harmful impacts of vaping.

A $16 million strike team has been established in South Australia to combat the escalating black market trade in nicotine-laced vapes and illegal tobacco.

Almost 400,000 vapes were seized from three shipping containers.

The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking cleared its first hurdle in Parliament.

Albanese asked Kruszelnicki why young people were vaping when it was not good for them.

The research is cause for concern in Australia, where 1.7 million adults now vape and the trend has grown at a remarkable speed.

In NSW, vaping is currently banned wherever cigarette smoking is banned, with fines issued to breachers.

Australia could soon be home to the toughest regulations on vaping in the world.

Smoking and vaping will be banned in popular outdoor spaces in South Australia from Friday with new fines for people breaking the rules.

Plus e-cigarette use has tripled, Australians still like a beer, and other insights from the new AIHW report.

A new study has painted a picture of the typical Australian smoker, and what they have found flies in the face of widespread perceptions.

NSW Police and NSW Health conducted 60 raids across Sydney CBD and southeast Sydney between January 29 and February 2.

Hundreds of thousands of illegal vapes have been intercepted by border force officials.

A new education campaign is part of a wider campaign to draw attention to the dangers of vaping.

The government has launched a crackdown on the "biggest loophole in Australian healthcare history".

South Australians could face hundreds of dollars in fine if caught smoking or vaping in a range of public settings.

Parents in Western Australia are being warned about the dangers of vaping, after a spike in calls to the poisons helpline.

Illegal vapes targeted at children seized at Australia's border

Joy's part of a hard-hitting campaign which sees young people themselves appeal to kids, teens and young adults not to start vaping.

It comes as two thousand students were suspended over vaping in WA government schools in the last year.

Premier Chris Minns said the three-year investment is aimed at protecting the health of children and other young people addicted to vaping.

A South Australia-wide illegal vape blitz has uncovered the shocking lengths sellers are going to sell the highly addictive products to children.

It's part of the government's plan to combat smoking.

These symptoms can include eye pain, burning, itching, redness, dryness, glare, blurriness and headaches.

The nicotine products were uncovered in a major crime investigation.

New vape and smoke-free zones come into effect in Queensland today.

Vapers are at risk of developing bronchitis and shortness of breath, a new research study has found.

It's believed to be the biggest bust of its kind in not just Perth, but all of Australia.

Authorities have checked 152 businesses and seized 2800 vapes just five weeks into an eight-week plan to help cut off the supply chain.

A 13-year-old has been taken to hospital after they collapsed after reportedly vaping in the toilets at a Victorian school.

Six young people were taken to NSW emergency departments within eight days of each other in June after they each smoked nicotine vapes.

A million dollars worth of illegal vapes has been seized from an interstate truck heading into Perth in West Australia's biggest bust of its kind.

When mother-of-three Sara Driver felt ashamed when she realised her youngest two children had become vape addicts.

"Those who vape are three times as likely to smoke"

The rate of Aussie teenage smokers has increased for the first time in two decades, concerning new data has revealed.

Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours are among a raft of new "world-leading" changes proposed by the federal government in a new bid to crack down on smoking.

Tests have found vapes sold in Queensland contain heavy metals which are "toxic to reproduction" and may "cause neurological anomalies".

A vaping crackdown won't work in its current form, the head of the Australian Border Force has warned.

The Perth man now faces years of treatment to repair the damage done to his leg.

She's wanted to stop but keeps coming back when she's stressed.

Nearly every video on TikTok that features vaping portrays it in a positive light, an alarming study has found.

Two high school students have been taken to hospital after suffering a severe reaction to a vaping product in Melbourne.

Vapers fear the government crackdown on e-cigarettes will force them back to smoking despite the price hikes on a packet of cigarettes.

After calls from health bodies and medical professionals, Australia will completely overhaul its laws and regulations surrounding vaping.

Recreational vaping will be banned and the tax on tobacco products will increase over the next three years.