Minister Denies Australia-Wide Vaping Ban Delayed

Minister Denies Australia-Wide Vaping Ban Delayed
A man smokes a vape device in Manchester, England, on May 30, 2023. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Health Minister Mark Butler has dismissed concerns that Australia’s vaping ban is delayed, as the government receives advice this week on how to instigate the crackdown and close loopholes that allow them to be sold on the black market.

Mr. Butler told ABC Radio National Breakfast that the federal government and state and territories were working furiously to create a uniform approach across Australia’s eight different jurisdictions and at the international border.
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