VAPES ARE ONLY LEGALLY AVAILABLE from pharmacies with a doctor’s prescription from today, under Mark Butler’s prohibitionist Vaping...

Today, the Labor government’s amended *Vaping Reform Bill was successfully passed in the federal Senate. Starting from 1 October 2024,...

MARK BUTLER’S “WORLD-LEADING” Vaping Reform Bill is likely to pass the Senate with amendments, thanks to the support of the Greens. The...

I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE that I received the Michael Russell Award for 2024. The Award honours someone who has made a substantial and...

THE CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM 7NEWS Spotlight breached the Commercial TV Code of Practice by inaccurately portraying me as a representative...

NEW ZEALAND AND SWEDEN have experienced unprecedented declines in smoking by enabling smokers to switch to lower-risk alternatives. Both...

ALARMIST MEDIA REPORTS raise concerns about the high vaping rate in young adults. However, it is highly likely that vaping is...

THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION and public health organisations are engaged in a media blitz on youth vaping to pressure MPs to pass...

THE UNPRECEDENTED DECLINE IN SMOKING in New Zealand since vaping was legalised and regulated in 2020 was highlighted in a presentation ...

AUSTRALIA’S DE FACTO PROHIBITION of vaping has created a rampant black market run by criminals, a sharp rise in youth vaping, and a...

THE SENATE INQUIRY INTO VAPING has recommended that the vaping bill be passed ( report here ). What does that mean, and what’s next? The...

EMERITUS PROFESSOR SIMON CHAPMAN AND COLLEAGUES are predicting that illegal vapes will virtually disappear in Australia because the...

AUSTRALIA’S HARSH DE FACTO PROHIBITION of vapes has failed to reduce youth access. The youth vaping rate in Australia is higher than in...

THREE EXPERT WITNESSES have told the Senate Inquiry into Vaping that the current vaping black market will continue unabated under the...

IN MY INTRODUCTORY SPEECH to the Senate Vaping Inquiry on 2 May 2024, I cover two major concerns about Australia’s vaping policy and...

THE SENATE INQUIRY INTO VAPING has been inundated with submissions from respected Australian health organisations and academics. However,...

HARSH GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS on vaping products amount to prohibition and have created “an extraordinarily large, uncontrollable, and...

RESEARCH HAS NOT IDENTIFIED any serious harms to the lungs from vaping nicotine by non-smoking adults in the short-medium term. An expert...

IN ITS LATEST COMPREHENSIVE REPORT , the prestigious UK Royal College of Physicians recommends that vaping nicotine should be promoted as...

NICOTINE POUCHES are becoming popular as safer nicotine alternatives to smoking tobacco in other countries. Are they legal in Australia?...