The TGA'S decision to implement an October 2021 prescription only model for nicotine vaping is a slap in the face for Australia's 500,000 vapers who have done the right thing and quit smoking for good.
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“Thanks to Senator for Tasmania Eric Abetz, our petition to legalise vaping will be presented when parliament resumes. This petition has over 35,000 signatures, and will show our politicians that vaping has changed many lives for the better. We believe it will be one of the biggest petitions to ever be tabled in the Senate."
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Thanks to the hard work of Senator Hollie Hughes and Senator Matthew Canavan the Senate Select Committee into Tobacco Harm Reduction will take place. This inquiry is a big win for vapers, and will allow the actual evidence for vaping to be reviewed”
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The findings of an interim report on vaping commissioned by Greg Hunt has today been slammed by vapers and vaping advocates alike for cherry picking data and shying away from real, credible statistics that are freely available
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The survey of 6,733 Australian vapers found that 42% would likely go back to the smokes should the vaping ban proceed. Also of worry, some 37% said they would source their vapers from the black market should the band go ahead…
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The Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, today questioned the motives of the Australian government in increasing the tobacco excise tax.
“Australian cigarettes are some of the most expensive in the world,” said ATA Policy Director, Emilie Dye. “By increasing the excise tax we are simply making the black market more profitable.”
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“By legalising vaping in NSW, we could save thousands of lives,” said Emilie Dye, the Policy Director of Legalise Vaping Australia. “The NSW Nationals are doing more to help people off of cigarettes than plain packaging, high excise taxes, or other restrictive government policies ever could.”
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When it comes to vaping, the survey data clearly demonstrates that, what minuscule decrease there has been in smoking rates in Australia over the last three years can be overwhelming attributed to people switching from dangerous and deadly cigarettes to this less harmful alternative to smoking…
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“After the dust settles expect the facts to spell out a different story to the one we expect from highly paid government PR operatives. When it comes to being loose with the truth, Health Minister Greg Hunt is true to form,” said Legalise Vaping Australia Campaign Manager, Brian Marlow.
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“The TGA has once again proved they are motivated more by politics, ideology, and stigma than protecting public health,” said LVA Policy Director, Emilie Dye. “They have chosen to ignore the FDA’s current ruling on HTPs and have instead hand picked opinions that match their presuppositions.”
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Health Minister Greg Hunt today announced he is delaying the implementation of the nicotine import ban until 1 January 2021. Legalise Vaping Australia today raised a vape to all of the Australians who lifted their voices against this policy.
“This is a big win for vapers across Australia,” said Legalise Vaping Policy Director, Emilie Dye. “Thank you everyone who pitched in, sharing stories, signing petitions, and calling MPs.”
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“Australians are not quiet; regulators are silencing their voices. The tens of thousands of Aussies who have signed petitions in favour of legalising vaping deserve to have their voices heard.”
“We will not stop fighting until this bill is overturned, Greg Hunt is fired, and vaping is legalised in Australia.”
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“The TGA under Health Minister Greg Hunt’s direction has effectively banned nicotine vaping without the oversight or knowledge of parliament. Now members of parliament are hitting back and they are calling Quiet Australians to join them. This is how Australian democracy is meant to function, not through ministerial decree,” said Legalise Vaping Policy Director, Emilie Dye.
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“Greg Hunt has disregarded the coalition party room and mislead the public right and left on the subject of vaping,” said Legalise Vaping Australia Policy Director, Emilie Dye. “Hunt has made a mockery of the system by acting on his own discretion instead of letting democracy function.”
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“Australians are not quiet; regulators are silencing their voices. The tens of thousands of Aussies who have signed the petition in favour of legalising vaping deserve to have their voices heard.”
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“Currently, 300,000 Australians depend on nicotine vapes. Many of those Aussies, still addicted to nicotine, will be forced to revert to cigarettes. And ciggies kill 2 in 3 long-term users,” said the Director of Policy for Legalise Vaping Australia, Emilie Dye. “This regulatory change is a death sentence for thousands.”
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Legalise Vaping Australia has labelled bureaucrats within the TGA and the Federal Health Department as “nothing more than unelected, faceless pencil pushers who have today consigned hundreds of thousands of Aussie vapers and 3 million smokers to a death sentence”
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“Yet again a cabal of unelected, faceless bureaucrats have effectively given Australian smokers a death sentence by refusing to legalise any form of reduced risk alternatives to cigarettes.” Said Brian Marlow, Campaign Director for Legalise Vaping Australia.
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This World No Tobacco Day, Legalise Vaping Australia (LVA) has sought to highlight the Australian Health Lobby's failure to curb smoking rates.
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New data released by Victoria University health policy think tank, the Mitchell Institute once again confirms that governments at all levels are failing in their efforts to tackle smoking rates.
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