Scientists Call For Stricter Controls on Tobacco Products

Disposable vaping e-cigarette products are displayed in a convenience store in El Segundo, Calif. on June 23, 2022. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Scientists are calling for the federal government to adopt stricter controls around nicotine after the federal government banned recreational vaping.

This comes after Health Minister Mark Butler announced on May 1 a massive new smoking crackdown, emphasising that vapes, which were introduced as therapeutic products, have now become the “biggest loophole in Australian healthcare history.”