Experts argue vaping crackdown should lead to tobacco endgame

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Australia; VIC; QLD

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In a 'Perspective' article, Australian experts praise the Federal Government's vaping crackdown, but say it must be part of a wider plan to stamp tobacco out too. If tobacco is not targeted at the same time as vaping, there's a risk people who are currently vaping as an alternative to smoking turn back to cigarettes, they say.

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Organisation/s: The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland

Funder: Coral Gartner is currently funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1198301) towards the Centre for Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (2020–2025). She also receives funding from an Australian Research Council Fellowship (FT220100186) to develop new regulatory options to minimise the legal and illegal tobacco markets (2023–2026). Tony Blakely and Ait Ouakrim were contracted by the Aotearoa NZ Health Ministry (2021–2022) to undertake modelling of the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan.

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