Anti-vaping advocates have called for e-cigarette packaging to follow the same rules as tobacco packaging, including including warnings about the dangers involved in using the product.
In December 2012, Australia became the first country to require tobacco companies to sell their products in drab olive-brown boxes with no brand logo but large pictures of smoking-related diseases.
Tobacco companies have challenged the move in various courts, saying it not only violates trademark laws and intellectual property rights, but also promotes black market sales. Liberals describe plain packaging as a nanny state measure.
Now, 20 countries, including the UK, Turkey, France, Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Ukraine, have introduced their own versions of plain packaging legislation.
Mal Washer told 6PR Mornings that the most effective way in the past was to make smoking anti-social.
"If you smoke, you look like a fool, which is more valid than any medical advice because people tend to ignore that, but vaping is now a huge problem."
"In my opinion, the most important thing is to make vaping anti-social and make people aware that this product is dangerous."