As if the current vape restrictions were not bad enough at making vapes hard to obtain as smoking cessation aids, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) is now urging the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to stop publishing details of authorised prescribers of nicotine vaping products.
In 2020, Australia’s Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt had announced a new measure banning the importation of vape liquid containing nicotine.
A few months later the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced their final decision on the measure, “..the importation of nicotine e-cigarettes and liquid nicotine for vaping will require a doctor’s prescription.”
To this effect, as of October 2021, vapers in Australia are only able to purchase vaping products from pharmacies via prescription. While retailers in neighbouring New Zealand and most other countries are able to responsibly sell nicotine products over the counter, anyone caught violating Australia’s harsh regulations will face steep fines, and in some cases even imprisonment.
Diane Caruana – VapingPost – 2022-07-14
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