BCHS has advocated for:
- A ban on flavours, harmful and unregulated ingredients within vapes.
- Vapes to be packaged in plain packaging to align with other prescription-only medicine.
- Vape packaging to feature pregnancy and age warnings.
- Restrictions on nicotine concentrations and volume levels.
- A ban on all disposable vapes.
- Effective controls on importation.
“We believe these government reforms will help prevent young people taking up vaping,” Siobhan said.
“Vaping is wrongly perceived as being a safer alternative to smoking, however the fact is that most e-cigarettes in Australia contain nicotine, even those that claim they don’t.
“Some contain as much nicotine as a pack of 20 regular cigarettes, plus many other cancer-causing chemicals.
“And we know that people who vape are more likely to then take up cigarette smoking.
“We owe it to our young people, and the impact on our health services now and into the future, to do everything we can to address this highly dangerous public health issue.
“We thank the government for listening to those working directly with community and we look forward to the strict and timely implementation of the reforms.”
