about a third of teenagers here have tried e cigarettes. the government calls them a public health menace and believes that vapour products should never be sold for recreational use. in australia, it s illegal to sell e cigarettes to children, but the law is widely flouted. 17 year old otto maxwell has been vaping for more than four years. i think everybody started because you think you look cool. they ve got a very high concentration of nicotine, which is why they are so addictive, and they come in tasty flavours. that s what got me. under the government s plans, e cigarettes will only be sold at pharmacies with a prescription. disposable vapes with their multitude of flavours and colourful packaging will be banned. no, i don t think it will make me kick the habit. i think it will create a black market. just because there s laws changing around vapes and, you know, restricting access to it doesn t mean you can t get your hands on it, so i don t think it s
turned into a vapour which is inhaled. experts worry that they are creating a new generation of nicotine addicts. we know that young people who try vaping are at three times the risk of going on to smoke. that s a real concern. we can either call that a gateway effect, or you can call it increased risk factor, but it s a real threat to the success of our tobacco control programme that we have had in australia. not so long ago, vaping was a niche industry in australia, but its popularity has exploded. about a third of teenagers here have tried e cigarettes. the government calls them a public health menace and believes that vapour products should never be sold for recreational use. in australia, it s illegal to sell e cigarettes to children, but the law is widely flouted. 17 year old otto maxwell has been vaping for more than four years. i think everybody started because you think you look cool. they ve got a very high concentration of nicotine, which is why they are so addictive, and th
vaping will become bigger. the black market will become bigger and they will come through border force, they will get through the border somehow. e cigarettes heat a liquid that s turned into a vapour which is inhaled. experts worry that they are creating a new generation of nicotine addicts. we know that young people who try vaping are at three times the risk of going on to smoke. that s a real concern. we can either call that a gateway effect, or you can call it increased risk factor, but it s a real threat to the success of our tobacco control programme that we have had in australia. not so long ago, vaping was a niche industry in australia, but its popularity has exploded. about a third of teenagers here have tried e cigarettes. the government calls them a public health menace and believes that vapour products should never be sold for recreational use. in australia, it s illegal to sell e cigarettes to children, but the law is widely flouted.
not so long ago, vaping was a niche industry in australia, but its popularity has exploded. about a third of teenagers here have tried e cigarettes. the government calls them a public health menace and believes that vapour products should never be sold for recreational use. in australia, it s illegal to sell e cigarettes to children, but the law is widely flouted. 17 year old otto maxwell has been vaping for more than four years. i think everybody started because you think you look cool. they ve got a very high concentration of nicotine, which is why they are so addictive, and they come in tasty flavours. that s what got me. under the government s plans, e cigarettes will only be sold at pharmacies with a prescription. disposable vapes with their multitude of flavours and colourful packaging will be banned. no, i don t think it will make me kick the habit. i think it will create a black market. just because there s laws changing
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