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Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping

Vapes will only be available in pharmacies as an aid to help quitting smokers

Sydney (AFP) - Australia announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping Tuesday, accusing tobacco companies of hooking the next "generation of nicotine addicts" by deliberately targeting teenagers. 

Say goodbye to your Watermelon Ice.

Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try to stop an alarming rise in teenage vaping.

Health Minister Mark Butler is addressing the National Press Club, where he is detailing a ban on the sale of all disposable vapes, strict new controls on prescription products, and reforms to Medicare.

Our Essential poll says people think the unemployed should get more generous payments, while Mark Butler says vaping is a ‘menace’ and most imports will be banned

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Australia will launch a radical crackdown on vaping which has emerged as the "number one" behavioural issue in high schools. The plan will include a major