EXPERT REACTION: Australia to ban import of e-cigs and nicotine refills
It is being reported this week that Australia is set to ban the import of e-cigarettes and nicotine refills from next month. The ban, which will be in place for 12 months while the Therapeutic Goods Administration considers the regulation of nicotine products, will see devices and refills only available via a doctor's prescription. Australian experts response.
Organisation/s: Macquarie University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Queensland, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), The University of Newcastle, Quit Victoria, Australian Council on Smoking and Health, University of South Australia, Telethon Kids Institute
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Dr Gary Chan is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Centre for Youth Substance Abuse, in the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Queensland
Professor Christine Paul is Head of Research SMPH and Acting Director of the Hunter Cancer Research Alliance, and is from the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle