Australia proposes tougher protections to stop sales of e-cigarettes to minors
The Australian Department of Health ACT has proposed stricter protections to prevent the sale of e-cigarettes and vaping products to people under 18.
Under the changes, the ACT may soon hire young people to try out tobacco products from retailers as part of a compliance test.
The test can identify retailers selling e-cigarettes and vaping products to minors.
It is part of a series of reforms proposed by Health Minister Rachel Stephen Smith to regulate the sale of e-cigarettes and e-cigarettes.
"Unfortunately, there has been an increasing number of reports of the illegal sale of e-cigarettes in Australia, including to minors," Ms Stephen-Smith said.
“The bill will enable future compliance testing to include e-cigarettes and therefore provide an additional tool to discourage sales to minors. Teenagers’ brains are highly susceptible to nicotine addiction, and the use of smoking products can lead to lifelong dependence , and expose young users to short- and long-term health risks from vaping or smoking.”
The bill follows a motion introduced last year by Labor backbencher Marisa Paterson, which called on the ACT government to do more to prevent people from vaping.
Dr Paterson's motion has led to a review of ACT legislation to ensure they help minimise the harm caused by e-cigarettes and vaping in the region, especially for young people.
Other vaping-related changes proposed in the bill would make it a crime for pharmacies to obtain nicotine vaping products from suppliers who are not licensed tobacco wholesalers. Nicotine vaping products are often used to help people quit smoking.
It will also improve Therapeutic Goods Administration's ability to support regulation of vaping products.
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