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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Melissa Davey Medical editor

Health minister Mark Butler accuses Nationals of trying to normalise vaping with ‘silly policy’

Mark Butler Nationals Vaping David Littleproud the National Party Tobacco The Therapeutic Goods Administration
Teenagers Vaping In Park
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is preparing to publish 4,000 submissions on its vaping reforms inquiry. Photograph: Alamy

The Nationals “silly policy” around vaping reform seeks to “normalise vapes”, the health minister Mark Butler said on Wednesday, flagging strong border controls to stop the importation of vapes and help address youth vaping.

Speaking to ABC radio on Wednesday morning, Butler said that attempts to tighten vaping imports by the former health minister Greg Hunt never got through because “he was rolled by his own party room, frankly, because there are a whole lot of pro-vaping members of his caucus”.

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