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The new $1.5 million fine facing NSW retailers
Health Minister Ryan Park said laws had not kept up with the rise of disposable vapes, as NSW tries to deter sellers with enormous penalties and jail time.
- by Angus Thomson
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Investigation
Organised crime
‘Big vape’: How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis
The Albanese government has introduced some of the world’s toughest vaping laws, but the black market is thriving. Now pharmacists are in open rebellion.
- by Eryk Bagshaw and Laura Sparkes
About 1 million Australians use vapes. Chemists dispensed them just 3500 times last month
Data supplied to Senate estimates reveals a slow uptake in pharmacy vape sales during October, the first time e-cigarettes could be bought after a consultation with a chemist.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Work therapy
What can we do about our new colleague who smokes heavily?
Just because someone is excellent at their job doesn’t mean they’re a good fit for the company.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Vape ban takes effect in WA as city bins overflow with discarded packaging
Vapes can now only be legally purchased in WA with a prescription. But the state’s efforts to reduce their availability is an uphill battle.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Tobacco
Budget bottom line goes up in smoke as black market reaps reward
Despite ever-increasing excise, tobacco taxes are falling short of forecasts and leaving a hole in the budget. Experts say a cut in tobacco tax may be needed.
- by Shane Wright
Vapes are legal again - but pharmacies allowed to sell them aren’t celebrating yet
Pharmacies can now stock therapeutic vapes – but many are holding back on ethical grounds or believe registration for the new system is too onerous.
- by Millie Muroi
WA moves to circumvent national ‘watered-down’ vaping ban
WA Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson said the new regulations were necessary to “retain the status quo” ban of vapes.
- by Hamish Hastie
Vape-flation: prices have surged, but retailers are still flouting the ban
Two months after a ban on selling vapes outside pharmacies, this masthead visited a dozen tobacco and convenience stores across Sydney. All had vapes available on request.
- by Millie Muroi
‘No one wants vapes for our kids’: Qld passes nation’s toughest anti-vaping laws
“We know these vapes are being marketed at children, with flavours like fairy floss and bubblegum, and they’re hiding dangerous poisons,” the health minister says.
- by Catherine Strohfeldt
Feel like everyone is smoking on screen again? You’re not alone
From Austin Butler in The Bikeriders to Josh O’Connor in Challengers, cigarettes have been inescapable at the cinema recently. What’s driving the revival?
- by Meg Watson
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