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[Link] New Zealand to ban smoking for next generation in bid to outlaw habit by 2025
Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
New Zealand has announced it will outlaw smoking for the next generation, so that those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally able to buy tobacco.
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[Link] Australian governments urged to set a date to ban cigarette retail sales
Read: 15/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Governments must set a date for banning the sale of cigarettes through retailers including supermarkets, and find new ways of boosting revenue without relying on tobacco excise taxes, leading public health researchers say.
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[Link] A Country That Bans Vaping Just Busted $2 Million Worth of Products
Read: 25/10/2021 www.vice.com
Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) inspected an industrial storage facility located north, towards the border with Malaysia. They discovered 10,057 vapes, 48,822 e-vaporiser components, and large quantities of vape juice.
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[Link] Advocates say it's 'safer than smoking', but researchers find 'suite' of harmful chemicals in vaping products
Read: 11/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
They are flavoured, colourful and popular with teenagers, but new Australian research is discovering mounting evidence that vapes are also unsafe to use.
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[Link] 'She was in a lot of pain': Call for ban on flavoured vapes popular with young Australians
Read: 7/9/2021 www.9news.com.au
Lung Foundation Australia wants action on the sale of vapes, also known as e-cigarettes, which are largely unregulated but, with colourful packaging and fruity flavours, mostly aimed at young people.