What the Australian Government is doing about vaping

The Australian Government announced comprehensive measures to reduce the significant damage caused by vaping, including banning the sale of all single use, disposable e-cigarettes.

The Australian Government announced a plan to introduce a ban on the importation of disposable single use vapes from 1 January 2024

As the Australian Government’s primary health and medical research funding agency, the council allocated $2.2m towards developing evidence-based resources to prevent vaping and e-cigarette use; to monitor youth who vape and understand what products they use and what prompts them to stop; and to understand the impact of pro-vaping content on social media.

'Seeing through the haze' is a suite of free, evidence-based, curriculum-aligned vaping education resources for Victorian schools (years 7-10). To develop these resources, Quit Victoria worked in partnership with Monash University, VicHealth, the Victorian Department of Education, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), and the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER) Victoria. Read the media release.

Landmark e-cigarette legislation introduced to Parliament, which will look to:

• Ban importation, domestic manufacture, supply, commercial possession and advertising of all non-therapeutic and disposable vapes for retailers under a single national framework
• Introduce new offences and civil penalty provisions for retailers of non-therapeutic and disposable vapes
• Ensure patient access to legitimate therapeutic vapes through pharmacy settings and under appropriate health practitioner supervision