Australia's prescription-only #vape model is not working. There is 'clear and indisputable evidence that these policies are a failure'. The only beneficiary is organised crime

Political support for policy reform is building...

thenightly.com.au/politics/austr…

Senator Jordon Steele-John Adam Bandt

Sensible public health policy for #vaping from David Littleproud MP and The Nationals
Make vapes legal consumer products and collect the taxable income being collected by criminal networks. The black market and sales to youth #vaping will diminish

Watch ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=1yA5mD…

Analysis of 428 illicit Australian disposable #vapes :

➡️Mostly IGET, HQD, Gunpod, Mr Fog
➡️98.8% had nicotine
➡️High nicotine concentration 42.5mg/mL
➡️4.2% had low levels of unapproved chemicals
➡️Deficient labelling

'pose an increased risk to consumers' - but much safer than

Q. How many of Australia's 1.6 million adult #vapers have a nicotine prescription?

A. About 10%. Reasons for non-compliance include easy black market access, doctor access issues, supply problems and ideological opposition

Comments welcome

More here ⤵️
colinmendelsohn.com.au/vaping/#prescr…

.MarcGunther on Regulator Watch

Appalling behaviour by World Health Organization (WHO) on #vaping driven by funding and pressure from Bloomberg Philanthropies
Spreading fear and blatant misinformation on #vaping will cost lives

regulatorwatch.com/brent_stafford…

Moral panic in Ireland re youth #vaping now and...wait for it...getting advice from the experts responsible for AU's vaping debacle!

'Serious incidents' = too much nicotine, fainting, then quickly better
Really? This is not serious!

Ping Dr. Garrett McGovern

thetimes.co.uk/article/pupils…

.GrimmGreen nails it
“There is no compromising with prohibitionists”

Seriously? Are we really doing this?

The usual celebrations when a supply of illicit drugs ( #vapes this time) is detected. We all know it makes no difference to supply, except in putting up the prices!

Have we learnt nothing from the war on drugs?

news.com.au/national/nsw-a…

The latest World Health Organization (WHO) report on #vaping contains the same disinformation we have unfortunately come to expect from them

Sarah Jackson explains the science behind this false propaganda 👏👏👏
sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…

Australia's #vaping regulations are a fiasco. How have we got it so wrong?

Join me, Martin C and Lindsey Stroud as we discuss this awful mess
Across the Pond webcast via Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Watch here (32m) ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=EzzV4i…

Eye watering tobacco excise tax and vaping prohibition caused this.

This will continue until the Government starts sacking public health bureaucrats who have promoted this disastrous policy.

There has never been a case of bronchiolitis obliterans due to smoking or vaping. Diacetyl, the chemical linked to 'popcorn lung' is banned in Australia in e-liquids.

#HarmReduction #Vaping
Dr Colin Mendelsohn

Tax on #vapes should be low and proportionate to risk to encourage smokers to switch to the far less harmful alternative. A tax of 5-15% is appropriate and will achieve the best public health outcomes

My comments in The Daily Telegraph today

The prescription model for #vaping has been a resounding failure and needs reform
Vapes should be adult consumer products so smokers can access them easily for quitting. Strict age verification and other strategies can reduce youth vaping

My OpEd in The Daily Telegraph today

Tax

New study predictably finds that more Australian #vapers are getting nicotine prescriptions, but the vast majority do not have one and purchase vapes from illegal channels
In 2022, 83.5% did NOT have a prescription

In NDSHS 2022-23 only 6.8% had script

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32061550/

My interview with 2FIRSTS on the current state of #vaping regulation in Australia
The prescription model has been rejected by vapers and has created a thriving criminal market, increased youth vaping and loss of tax revenue

➡️ Urgent reform is needed

2firsts.com/news/interview…