The end of recreational vaping in Australia

The Albanese government has announced the biggest smoking reforms in a decade – banning non-prescription vapes and hiking the tax on tobacco. Health minister Mark Butler says these reforms will close ‘the biggest loophole in Australian health care history’ that saw nicotine vapes marketed and sold to children. Medical editor Melissa Davey explains why the government has chosen this approach, and what these reforms means for vape users and sellers