STORY: Australia is cracking down on e-cigarettes, as it tries to stop an alarming rise in teenage vaping. The government announced plans on Tuesday to ban recreational vaping, as well as the import ...

"Vaping was sold to governments and communities around the world as a therapeutic product to help long-term smokers quit," Butler said. "It was not sold as a recreational product -- in particular not ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -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 ...

Australian customs officials are hoping their cross-border intelligence strategy can help them stem the flow of millions of ...

Australia is increasing the tobacco tax by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government looks to phase out smoking and vaping. The country's health minister says the government is ...

Australia's nicotine-free vape ban has been announced by Health Minister Mark Butler. He confirmed this effort during a press release on Tuesday, May 2. Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care ...

Vaping among school-age children has significantly reduced, the Australian government has said, citing a study, a year after a ban on disposable vapes. Australian health minister Mark Butler on ...

Over the past decade, vaping has transitioned from a niche alternative to traditional smoking into a full-blown lifestyle trend — especially among young adults. In Australia, this trend is becoming ...

Australia's government will crack down on recreational vape sales and enforce a requirement that products such as e-cigarettes be sold only in pharmacies with a prescription. Mark Butler, the ...

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The Australian government will ban e-cigarettes through a heavy set of controls on imports and packaging to discourage vaping, especially among teens, under its biggest smoking reforms in more than a ...