Melbourne City Council plan to ban vaping - have your say!

We need your help!

Melbourne City Council is planning to extend its ban on vaping in the central business district next week.

The bans are based on misinformation, not on scientific evidence, and will only serve to make it harder for ex-smokers to stay off the cigs. 

The Council meeting is being held on Tuesday 5 May 2020 at 5.30pm (next week!).  You can make a submission here no later than Tuesday 5th May at 10am.  

This virtual meeting will be live streamed on the Council and committee meetings webpage. 

Surely there are more pressing issues for the council do deal with right now outside of making it harder for ex-smokers!. As most vapers will tell you, any outdoor vaping bans will only make it harder for vapers to stay off the cigs. 

What makes this even harder to fathom is that recently the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) endorsed nicotine vaping products as an aid for people who want to quit smoking. 

Just last week, the peak professional body representing medical specialists in Australia and New Zealand announced its support for vaping as a quitting aid for smokers.

What makes it even more absurd is that Public Health England in their 2018 report found there have been no identified health risks of passive vaping to bystanders.

Where is the evidence to support the Melbourne City Council plan to ban vaping? Make your submission here!