The media hype over the just-released report on vaping by the Australian National University’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health (NCEPH), is yet more hysterical shroud waving by those in the public health establishment.
The report was commissioned by outgoing Minister for Health, Greg Hunt who, with the stridently vocal encouragement of Australian public health poohbahs, has cracked down on nicotine vaping, making it prescription-only rather than a retail product.
To be fair, Hunt is convinced he’s done right, but he has been fed one-sided advice from bureaucrats, public health activists, and the medical lobby, whose collective attitude to reducing smoking and nicotine dependence has always been their way or the highway.
As for Labor, they are on a unity ticket with the Coalition in their hostility to vaping and vapers. Expect no difference if Labor wins the election.
Terry Barnes – Spectator Australia – 2022-04-13
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