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Therapeutic Goods Administration

Potential reforms to the regulation of nicotine vaping products in Australia

16 January 2023

Schools are deeply concerned by the speed with which vaping has been adopted by a significant proportion of young Australians and by the potential and actual harms to students from nicotine and other toxic chemicals in vaping products.

AHISA supports the Australian Government’s intent to tighten regulatory controls of nicotine vaping products (NVPs) to help protect children and young people. To have the strongest impact on vaping among children and young people, AHISA recommends in principle that the most powerful sanctions possible should be applied to the importation and sale of NVPs and strict restrictions applied to the contents and packaging of NVPs and other vaping products.

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