Australia to ban recreational vaping

Not a smoker myself, but a few people quit smoking now just vape all day long. From the outside seems like swapping one addiction for another.
 
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
Seriously. If you are worried about the future why the **** are you all driving around in cars. :D getting on planes. Eating meat and whatnot.
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BAN EVERYTHING!

I remember that chatter years ago after the public place smoking ban was put in place about a discussion about outlawing smoking in your own home/garden.
 
Whilst I disagree with the way disposable vapes are targeted at children I think Australia are just going to create a black market for another drug. Its a war no country has ever won.
 
Laughing said:
Whilst I disagree with the way disposable vapes are targeted at children I think Australia are just going to create a black market for another drug. Its a war no country has ever won.
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That may well be true but down under we have always taken a hard line on smoking and this is not a surprise move. There is a huge problem of the importation of illicit product from the Far East and by attempting to cut this off at the source is a good start.
 
Abel Tasman said:
That may well be true but down under we have always taken a hard line on smoking and this is not a surprise move. There is a huge problem of the importation of illicit product from the Far East and by attempting to cut this off at the source is a good start.
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I am aware, nz have some strong laws introduced a couple of years ago on buying cigarettes too with a total ban based on dob.

I am not sure how I feel about this. I did share some research on the last vaping thread that highlighted 2 important facts. In the 16 to 19 year old cohort, vapers had previously smoked cigarettes. But, in the 13 to 16 cohort there were an alarming number of people vaping who had never smoked. 27% if I recall correctly.

Will restricting vaping have a net positive health impact? I don't know.

This also sits beside my original point that vapes will just become a blackmarket commodity and enrich criminals.

The issue here isn't whether we should pass legislation to stop children taking up vaping. It's more to do with what would that legislation look like to be most effective.
 
Laughing said:
I am aware, nz have some strong laws introduced a couple of years ago on buying cigarettes too with a total ban based on dob.

I am not sure how I feel about this. I did share some research on the last vaping thread that highlighted 2 important facts. In the 16 to 19 year old cohort, vapers had previously smoked cigarettes. But, in the 13 to 16 cohort there were an alarming number of people vaping who had never smoked. 27% if I recall correctly.

Will restricting vaping have a net positive health impact? I don't know.

This also sits beside my original point that vapes will just become a blackmarket commodity and enrich criminals.

The issue here isn't whether we should pass legislation to stop children taking up vaping. It's more to do with what would that legislation look like to be most effective.
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I am not disagreeing with you at all about the black market point I am merely trying to give a little colour on why they are doing it and why I believe it is good that they are.
 
Abel Tasman said:
I am not disagreeing with you at all about the black market point I am merely trying to give a little colour on why they are doing it and why I believe it is good that they are.
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I wasn't disagreeing with you either Abel, more adding colour to my first post.
 
Abel Tasman said:
That may well be true but down under we have always taken a hard line on smoking and this is not a surprise move. There is a huge problem of the importation of illicit product from the Far East and by attempting to cut this off at the source is a good start.
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More like a hard line on raising as much tax as possible.
 
My 18 year old daughter has been vaping for two years shes constantly got a hacking cough from them. Told her numerous times about giving up but she is absolutely hooked. Vapes should be prescription medication only to reduce the uptake from teenagers
 
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