THE HEAD OF THE THERAPEUTIC GOODS ADMINISTRATION (TGA) has finally admitted the disastrous and predictable failure of Australia’s vaping regulations.
It was embarrassing to watch Associate Professor John Skerrit being questioned at Senate Estimates last week in Canberra. Hansard here (pages 54-57, 60-62). He acknowledged
- There has been a dramatic increase in youth vaping
- Huge numbers of low-quality products are entering the country and are being sold on the black market and we can’t stop them
- Only 1,353 doctors have applied to be authorised prescribers out of 130,000 registered doctors (1%)
- Less than 10% of adult vapers have a prescription for nicotine
The quote of the day went to Senator Ross Cadell
Read full article here.
Dr. Colin Mendelsohn – ColinMendelsohn.com – 2022-11-14.
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