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Tess Ikonomou and Kat Wong

New vaping laws include jail time, heavy fines

The Australian Border Force and Therapeutic Goods Administration seized more than 360,000 vapes. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Young Australians are being lured by big tobacco companies to take up vaping, doctors warned, as the federal government introduced new legislation with tough penalties to combat a growing national health crisis.

Health Minister Mark Butler said the bill he brought to the house on Thursday will stop the importation, manufacture, supply, and commercial possession of disposable single use and non-therapeutic vapes.

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