A huge rise in the number of young Australians vaping caught the government by surprise and laws to combat it have been slow, according to the Cancer Council, launching a new social media campaign targeting e-cigarette use.
A huge rise in the number of young Australians vaping has caught the government by surprise and laws to combat it have been slow, according to the nation's cancer prevention advocacy body.Laws have therefore not kept pace with the new crazeThe comments by the Western Australian arm of the Cancer Council come as the group launches a widespread social media campaign aimed at stamping out what they say is a scourge in illegal nicotine vaping.
The figure jumped from six to 21 per cent in the same time period for the 18-to-24-year-old age group. "And now we're finding that these products , which are addictive, are a direct gateway to increasing tobacco use," he said."Particularly during COVID, where people are home buying things online, it's very hard to prohibit," he said.WA authorities seize 15 tonnes of vapes from a warehouse in Perth's north-east in what they say is the biggest-ever bust of its kind in the state and nation.
"If we start talking about labelling effectively normalises this product, which we do not want to see." conceded it had brought just one prosecution against a retailer for the illegal sale of nicotine vapes in the previous 12 months Ms Sanderson said there were a number of cases with the state solicitor's office and charges were expected to be laid in future.The maximum penalty for selling nicotine vapes under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 is a $45,000 fine and a three-year prison term for an individual, or a $225,000 fine for a company.
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