The end of recreational vaping in Australia

Published: May 3, 2023, 3 p.m.

The Albanese government has announced the biggest smoking reforms in a decade \u2013 banning non-prescription vapes and hiking the tax on tobacco. Health minister Mark Butler says these reforms will close \u2018the biggest loophole in Australian health care history\u2019 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