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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Australia bans recreational vaping to avoid having ‘nicotine addicts’

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Australia has announced a ban on disposable vapes and decided to increase the tobacco tax by billions of dollars in the next few years.

Health minister Mark Butler laid out an ambitious plan to eliminate a rampant vaping black market amid concerns that a new generation of young people has become addicted to nicotine.

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