The federal government has toned down its world-leading vape crackdown, agreeing to a watered-down implementation. From July 1, therapeutic vapes will be only available with a prescription from a ...

More than 1.6 million U.S. middle and high school students reported vaping in 2023, and nearly 90 percent used flavored vapes. But America’s youth vaping epidemic may be no accident. UC San Francisco ...

Authorities said nearly 250,000 vapes – with an estimated street value of $7.4 million – have been intercepted since January 1, when it became illegal to import disposable, single use vapes ...

Mr Butler says that the import ban on disposable vapes will start on 1 January, and that by March refillable non-therapeutic vapes will also be banned from entering the country. Importers and ...

He said the decision to stock vapes would be made by individual pharmacies ... this product to its original intention, which was therapeutic,” Mr Butler told reporters in Canberra.

Mr Butler says the changes will make vapes less attractive to children. "The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued very clear standards for the type of vape that will be able to be sold in ...

Retailers such as tobacconists and convenience stores are forbidden to sell vapes, with only Australian pharmacies permitted to provide such a product as per the Therapeutic Goods and Other ...

“So to have these basically handed out as a therapeutic product and not go through the proper rigorous process of ... going ...