It's about tax.

This is so corrupt.

Big issue in Australia Vaping. These clowns. Dont worry about middle class homelessness or our immigration problem or cost of living.

The only way I could get off of cigarettes was to switch to vaping. I feel heaps better. You don't see them banning cigarettes.

I’m not going to lie I vape, I used to smoke like a chimney but am using vaping as a way of gradually weaning myself off nicotine all together. This government is being big brother trying to turn people like myself into criminals, if I want to vape I should be able to. If I want to smoke I was allowed to. They are trying to micromanage my life as a consenting adult. I don’t think any sane adult wanted kids to have access to vapes, but guess what the black market is going to do it anyway like it does with any thing that is addictive. So many better ways this could have been handled yet that drongo Albo picks the hardest most ridiculous way ever and not only that he killed many businesses and forced copious amount of people back to cigarettes.

It doesnt make any sense, it's already illegal for the under age to drink and smoke. So why ban vaping for everyone?. Why not make it illegal for the under age to vape because that's the gist of issue?.

I do not need to be told what I can and cannot do at my age. If I want to vape I should be allowed to. They don't ban anything in Canberra. Bet all the politicians are vaping.....

most road accidents and acts of violence are caused by vapes. Wait, no that's alcohol

The cost of smoking tobacco in this country is bloody ridiculous. By the way we need a PM with at least half a brain and huge balls, to stand up to the woke wankers and nanny state leaders.

It’s all about tax. I swear to God Australia has become one of the worst countries to live in by far!

Over regulation. It's time to deregulate everything.

This is authoritarian Albo is disgusting

Governments can't have people smoking vapes as it will affect the amount of cigarette tax they bring in.

More restrictions-what a cnt of a country we've become over last 25-30yrs.

Its funny how alcohol never follows the same rules.. its the same in canada.

Protecting the kids, so now do you need a script for red bull or any other sugar laden crap ?

FU KZfaq FOR THE COMMENT CENSORING.

Can't OZ make even a tiny step away from Fascism?

Chemists dont have the time or staff to also take on selling vapes. Ridiculous and short sighted premise.

I used a vape to quit smoking cigarettes and then stopped vaping. It's a bit difficult for metropolitan vape stores not be located within walking distance of a school; every type of store, including those that sell sex toys, pornography, and brothels, are within walking distance of a school, or even several schools

"A lot of pollution because of vaping" I'm not sure she understands pollution and vapes at all.

I dont smoke, i dont vape. Why is it only vapes are being baned? Cigarettes are horrible

Vaping wasn't much of a problem to government until disposables came along, then people were quitting cigarettes in droves. So the government is losing bulk cash on cigarette tax.

This country is a prison. I once served it. Never again.

not your life to dictate how we live , what we think what we say.. politicians are your greatest threat to your health

There's 10 million Australian voting adults who value and enjoy vapes tobacco cannabis and alcohol and we demand government representatives who actually serve our interests,drop the excessive cruel and unusual excessive tax on tax placed on top of the original high taxes,end the prohibitions and regulations blocking mass industry creation opportunities in vapes tobacco cannabis and alcohol and create many new Australian owned industries and long-term employment opportunities that vapes tobacco cannabis and alcohol can provide

Funny how cigarettes and alcohol are not banned but harmless vapes are banned So its bad to sell in a shop but in a chemist where its all about health they are selling vapes?? Doesn't that tell you something? Vapes arent dangerous

What a joke labor and the greens are.

UK government gives them out free to help quit smoking, and apparently it's working too.

When will our government stop trying to "save" us?

I smoke a vape but not disposable. I purchased 20 years of nicotine before it required a pescription. About to buy a heap of vaping machines. Then when i do run out, i will find a way to purchase - go the black market!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Mark Butler, I hope this message reaches you despite the challenging circumstances. I am deeply disappointed by the recent decision to proceed with the vaping ban in Australia, especially in light of the significant concerns raised by experts and health professionals, including myself. As of July 1st, all vape shops across the country have been forced to close, leaving thousands of people without jobs. This outcome was avoidable had there been a willingness to listen to evidence and consider harm reduction strategies rather than an outright prohibition. It's disheartening to see that the ban was only passed with the support of the Green Party, whose influence led to a watered-down version of the legislation. While I understand the political dynamics at play, it is clear that this compromise does little to address the fundamental flaws in the ban itself. The reasoning behind the ban, purportedly to protect children, rings hollow when weighed against the economic devastation and loss of harm reduction options for adults. It is evident to many that this decision was driven more by emotional appeals than by a rational assessment of the evidence and potential consequences. Australia now faces a situation where a thriving industry has been dismantled overnight, with no clear benefit to public health. The opposition has already pledged to reverse this decision upon taking office, underscoring the lack of consensus and foresight in your government's approach. As someone who has benefited from vaping as a tobacco alternative for the past 15 years, I am personally affected by this shortsighted policy. There were viable alternatives, such as regulation and taxation, that could have both supported the industry and contributed positively to public health outcomes. I urge you and your colleagues to reconsider this decision before irreparable damage is done. It is not too late to acknowledge the unintended consequences and seek a more balanced approach that respects the rights of adults, to choose harm reduction strategies while protecting youth through effective regulation. Please reflect on the broader implications of this ban and consider the opportunity to rectify this decision in the interests of public health, economic stability, and personal freedom. Sincerely, ____________ Email the Health Minister NOW ! mark.butler.mp@aph.gov.au

Australia is such a nanny state. All for taking measures to make it non accessible to kids. But imposing on adults is ridiculous.

If cigarettes didn't cast $50 for a packet we wouldn't have a vaping epidemic

pharmacies is because they can control (tax) vapes

Can you imagine creating a business in an industry for over a decade. Complying to all the laws that have come through. And then to be told you have less than a weeks notice to completely shut down your business or face jail time. These vape stores have been compliant and are the ones being targeted with this. The new reform does jack 💩 about stopping the black market. This will not stop teens vaping. The black market will get worse.

Pollution because of vaping! WTF! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I remember having such pride in ny country, all they care about is bleeding us dry 🙄

Less people vaping, more people smoking, more taxes collected. It's all about money !

We need less laws not more..what is wrong with labor and the greens.

It won't stop the black market.

They don't ban cigarettes or dope or drugs that are injected in the arm i saw 2 little needless today just sitting on the footpath.

Criminals not makeing any money of vapes only smokes .

The TGA is the body that makes the rules. The TGA is funded by pharmaceutical companies. (Not government funded) The TGA change the rules so vapes can only be sold by pharmaceutical companies... How is this not a conflict of interest?!

Vaping is a moral dilemma, but LGBTQ in kindergarten is our moral obligation!

Moronic labor and the greens!

brought to you by the people who enjoy a subsidised bar at their workplace.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like vapes or cigarettes. Lungs are made for oxygen. But, when she said pollution 🤣🤣🤣 I legitimately burst out laughing. Better one liner than most comedians

They advertise McDonald's to kids too, and now they're all fat and diabetic. Where's the outrage?

If they're chemist only products why not allow for all the flavours? There will be a slew of vape only pharmacies open soon, pharmaceutical vape shops

I gave up smoking 18 months ago, because of vapes

Look at the ASTRANOMICAL TAX on Alcohol in this Country and nobody does a thing

''Federal Govt'', federal crime syndicate more like...

soon they will be telling us what to eat and when we can sleep

It's definitely about tax more then care for children....my question is now how much will someone need to pay on there road to quitting....all other quitting aids from the pharmacy are expensive pretty much same as if you continue smoking....it's part reason why vapes was a good alternative the cost was significantly lower therefore encourage people to have a crack quitting...the government apparently wants people to quit smoking don't make me laugh the money made on tobacco tax is out of control and any quitting aids are out of control with cost so many people continue to smoke....it's a win win for the government it's a loss for the people addicted....

Clear indication that they just want to control the market. Buying them from the chemist just makes them unaffordable and impractical. You need a script to buy a vape, but not required to purchase cigarettes that you can buy anywhere easy as. Why can't we just replicate alcohol laws for nicotine products? You need a licence to sell nicotine products and reasonable boundaries to sell and buy nicotine products,. I've been vaping for over 10yrs, that's cigarette free for over 10yrs... I tried many nicotine replacement therapies, vaping is the only one that got me off the cigarettes and kept me off of them. I got my health back and I am actively working to kick the vape as well...

Get off my arse labor.

Vaping is causing more pollution, please give me a break. I have just come back from 6 weeks in the UK and let me tell you people are doing more vaping than what we are doing in OZ. Government should do more on crap processed food as that’s causing more health problems.

Went to vaping after 30 years smoking. Two years later im not on vapes and have no interest in tobacco anymore. If its so detrimental then why arent other quitting products significantly cheaper.

Pollution haha

just the fact chemists will sell vapes but never cigarettes , surely shows , vapes are better than smoking , and a great way to give up smoking .

I can buy a couple years worth of nicotine for under $100. Nicotine replacement therapies in Australia will cost me about $100 a fortnight. There’s a reason they want to ban vaping and it’s not about helping anyone.

You carnt make this shit up

May as well just let the tobacco shops sell them.

vaping helped me quit smoking and then i stopped vaping after i lost interest. they do help people quit.

I thought that Vape shops should be made the regulate vape products.

$420 for a carton of cheap cigarettes in Perth is absolutely brutal with how much the price of everything else has also sky-rocketed since covid, and now this. This government is an utter failure.

Just like with tobacco now in Australia this will just bring a more unregulated black market for it. Most of us are smoking chop chop now already

Australia has fallen same as the uk what a shame

So the regulated industry just got a whole lot more regulated, whilst the unregulated black market can operate as per usual, and will probably boom as a result.

Get ready to stand in line for your arthritis medication with a bunch of vaping teens.

In 2017 Public Health England presented the UK govt with their assessment: Vaping carries 95% less risk to health than smoking, so the govt should pay smokers to vape - actually _hand them money_ - in order to improve their health and lower health-care costs to taxpayers net of such a subsidy. (The Tories demurred.)

Ive never agreed with Murray before. And yet here i am, agreeing with him entirely.

The UKs swap to stop campaign in Aug 2023 the UK government gave away 1million vape kits to people who wanted to stop smoking!!

The chemist near me has sold vapes/ E cigarettes for years

If it’s not taxed it’s illegal, this is how big phama get their finger in the pie, just another way to test and trial unknown participants just like the jab Who do u trust

So the Labor Party & big tobacco have won, because they were losing so much in taxes & revenue, due to people giving up smoking & moving to vaping. I have now not have a cigarette now, since 2010, when you could import up to 1 litre of vegetable glycerine with nicotine for around $70!

Any store is within walking distance of a school.

Now do your research on who actually makes the vapes you get from the chemist

Now it's in the hands of organised crime n cost more

well now I can pick up my Panadol, vape and weed in one convenient location.

Sack the Health Minister now. Was advised against it, refused to listen and is only now realising he was wrong.

I vape, so does my wife and my kids.

It's basically water vapor. I'm surprised they just didn't tax it more!

I have been a smoker for 25 years smoking a packet of cigarettes a day..from smoking my coughing and phlegm/wheezing and out of breath was out of control. I stopped smoking and starting vaping 4 weeks ago- all my symptoms are gone! NO coughing NO wheezing NO being out of breath 🙏🏻 all cigarette smokers should definitely give vaping a try. Only thing I noticed that vaping sometimes makes my mouth feel a little dry-so it makes me drink more water 💦😊

All they did was make it more expensive

I will continue to send my money to NZ buy my nicotine online and MAKE MY JUICE AT HOME. Im 42 ive been a smoker since i was 13. smoking was costing me 13k a year im not buying anything from the goverment because its over priced and not what I WANT. I now spend 100$ a year here is a tip for the Goverment you just made the black Market very happy Also to note the pharmacy are selling dope and have been for years you can get it in bud form and even vape its all about money

Imagine the tax revenue they would get if they just legalised cannabis and chucked it in a chemist. Billions!!! And a happy nation

Anyone who has touched this legislation to remove my ability as a grown man to choose what I take into my lungs other than cigarettes (which I have been inhaling pharmacy free for 30 years,) will never see a vote from me again. Now I'm limited to three flavours from the chemist under a doctors note? That's around $50 to see a GP for a prescription plus whatever the cost of vapes are under the chemist. So foolish, doing this to vapers - yet not even touching cigarettes that still are freely available at over $30 a throw .. the hypocrisy of these morons.

Too be fair I don't support a vape ban if someone who is a adult wants to vape and its not hurting me let them vape it's better than smoking according to my knowledge but still not healthy it's because there no tax like cigarettes so they need some way to make money off the smokers giving up tabbaco and moving to vapes

I Cant believe SHE Said that. Sarah Hanson Young. Painfull. Or Believe People actually Voted for her.

I’m an adult I don’t need the government making decisions for me now what do I do

Vapes were winning. Big Tobacco was losing. That's all you need to kow.

I never thought id agree with sky news in anything but here we are

Can't cut into cigarette taxes

I can’t wait to leave this country next year! We are leaving forever! Australia is a woke dive!

I've been vaping for 14 years and feel great vaping has saved my life and my doctor agrees with me.

Kids always got their disposable vapes from the Black Market. That won't change. This accomplishes nothing.

On behalf of myself and my Hells Angel associates I sincerely say thank you to the Australian Labor government for placing Australian tobacco policie in our capable hands.

What a fucking joke.