Importing disposable, single-use vapes will be banned from January, the health minister, Mark Butler, will announce on Tuesday, in an attempt to prevent more children from becoming addicted to nicotine.
Butler will also announce that from January medical practitioners and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe vapes, with patients able to fill their script at pharmacies. From March the personal importation of vapes will be banned, and there will also be a ban on the importation of non-therapeutic vapes.
