- In short: Australia will restrict the sale of vapes to pharmacies from next week, as the Greens agree to pass a proposed ban.
- The government has agreed however to water down restrictions that would have required adults to obtain a prescription.
- What’s next? The laws will be debated and put to a vote in parliament later this week.
So they’re looking to defund the vape industry. Likely to allow further changes in the future.
Labor left the legislation open to charge individuals before the Greens pulled them up on it.
At least the Greens prevented a black market from centralising to organised crime, but if they think this is going to stop an online-first generation from accessing vapes they’re dreaming.
Seems a big call to say workd leading ?
https://laotiantimes.com/2023/11/30/laos-to-ban-e-cigarettes-amid-growing-concerns/
The Lao government is set to amend its legislation on drug prevention and control to incorporate electronic cigarettes into the list of prohibited substances. This decision comes in response to the escalating issue of e-cigarette addiction, particularly among the youth population in the country.
Don’t know about enforcement over there though.
And that seems a reasonable balance ??? Or am I.missing something, banning doesn’t do shit but make it worse, turning a medical problem of addiction into a criminal one.
If tobacco is still legal to buy at every servo, supermarket and convenience store; and, if Nicorette & Nicabate are still legal to stock within reach of children at those locations; and, if every substance people enjoy legally isn’t similarly scrutinized over the generalisation that addiction to anything is itself a medical problem; no, it’s not reasonable balance.
Yeah, that’s why the Greens opposed prescription. They aren’t as subject to the Murdoch media cycle so they’re free to point out the issues with criminalisation from an evidence based practice perspective.
