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

‘Overwhelming’ support for regulation of vape imports amid ‘health emergency’, TGA reports

e-cigarette held up and smoking
Many health experts and groups submitted that even non-nicotine vaping products should be placed under stricter border controls. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

An “overwhelming” number of health experts and authorities support tightening border controls around nicotine vaping products, with many wanting an import ban on non-nicotine vaping products as well, Australia’s drugs regulator has told the government.

On Thursday afternoon, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) published the almost 4,000 public submissions made in response to the government’s proposed vaping reforms, aimed at tackling rising youth vaping rates and a burgeoning black market.

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