Mind you, I might not be so blugh on that dumb minty shit if it wasn’t all so fucking minty: the various bouts with those ‘cessation products’ in the past has put me off mint entirely and though they’ve added some berry and fruit flavour to one or two products, it’s taken them 20 years to even get to doing that.
Not that that crap ever worked anyway and we certainly cannot compare chewing gum to vaping as a substitute for smoking.
Only time I ever found that gum halfway useful, was when I’d run outta smokes late at night and couldn’t be fucked going to the shop until morning - only time I ever appreciated having the shit in a drawer. really.
They should come to us for flavour advice: we be having cookies & cream or blueberry cheesecake gum people would chew just for the taste
Please everyone both within Aus and abroad contact our health minister Mark Butler and help us win this battle before we loose the chsnce to survive and vape
Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit Why Australia decided to quit its vaping habit - BBC News
I’ve read this and came to thoughts is the Australian gov aliens have we got a alien invasion in Australia and a take over of the south ,I can’t see how they’ve blamed big tabac,and if the side effects are as they say what the flying Fuchs am I doing wrong as none of the withdrawal symptoms they say I have and I can give it up when I please ( not that I want to or will) is there some secret fluid I don’t know about
“The horse has bolted now, they are addicted,” says Chris, a high school teacher in New South Wales.
He’s talking about students in his class, teenagers, who can’t stop vaping.
He sees the effect of the candy-flavoured, nicotine-packed e-cigarettes on young minds every day, with children even vaping in class.
“The ones who are deepest into it will just get up out of their seat, or they’ll be fidgeting or nervous. The worst offenders will just walk out because they’re literally in withdrawal.”
Those who are most addicted need nicotine patches or rehabilitation, he says, talking about 13 and 14-year-olds.
Earlier this month the government decided enough is enough and introduced a range of new restrictions. Despite vapes already being illegal for many, under new legislation they will become available by prescription only.
Its a simple plan to just ban disposables. And only sell vaping equipment onlise while doing what they have done in the states. Some companies you needed a photo that could only be used by the camera system on the website and then a photo of your id to show proof. To totally ban it is ludicrous. Its just another example of a govt trying to enforce control. It worked with covid the sheep lined up for the shot. Now they know they can do whatever
Australian government is banning all vapes . U will need a script to buy from pharmacy. It will be tga approved devices like nicovape pod. 1.8 ml pod will cost $25. It needs to get voted in. Border force has admitted they can’t stop all vapes as they only stop 1/4 of all cocaine coming in to Australia. Australia is cocaine capital of the world per capita.
What an excellent read!
Obviously I’m biased but it’s so refreshing to read something like that which tears shreds off all the BS we’re constantly being fed in this country.
I really think AU needs to open their eyes. They need to follow more of what the uk has done and the trsting they have done. Just because they will eventually pass something business will be booming after on the black market. Problem is you wont know what you are buying. Cause more problems then before
I was only thinking yesterday in regards to this.
With the amount of vapers I now see I was wondering about a form of voting backlash but most I see are using disposables so I don’t know how invested they might be as such.
I’ve spoken to a few at work who either didn’t know about the upcoming BS or didn’t care stating they’re not worried as they will have their source.
I’ve traveled the road of emailing federal members etc and basically been ignored or just regurgitated the party line.
With the constant flogging vaping receives in the media especially surrounding school kids I would imagine upset parents will outweigh vapers but I just cannot move past the fact that lethal tobacco is available everywhere legally yet a much safer alternative will soon be heavily if not completely restricted. It just makes absolutely no sense no matter where you sit.
I heard Mark Butler saying yesterday that the government intends to up their game and put more graphic health warnings onto packets and mark individual cigarettes.
Up their game! What difference is that going to make in regards to helping people quit? Everyone knows smoking can lessen your life and we’ve all seen the horror pictures and adverts. Unless you live under a stone it’ll just be water off a ducks back.
Embrace and properly regulate vaping is by far the best policy. It’s already illegal for persons under 18 to access tobacco or vaping merchandise but it’s not policed enough.
