The state’s advocate for children and young people has advised against pursuing a plan to introduce vape detectors in school bathrooms,after consulting teenagers.
A new counterculture is seeing people push back against the industries that are harming our health.
Strict new policies are aimed at curbing a trend which has seen more than 2000 students being suspended this year.
If we can’t trust scientific studies funded by vested interests,should we ban commercial funding of research altogether?
Health authorities are keeping a close eye on a new type of nicotine product making its way into Australia.
Researchers have found clear links between vaping and mental health challenges.
Health Minister Mark Butler says he will closely monitor the progress of England and New Zealand’s responses to big tobacco. But he has no plans to follow suit.
The proposal to stop the next generation of English children from being able to buy cigarettes is a one of the toughest crackdowns on the tobacco industry and a brave reform that should be adopted worldwide. The Albanese government should get on board.
Under the plan,the age of sale would rise from 18 every year,so a child aged 14 today would never be allowed to legally buy tobacco.
They are cropping up across Melbourne and are an unwelcome sight to many parents. Experts say vape retailers are selling confectionary to appeal to kids.
People who are addicted to vaping do it because they haven’t connected with their death and,subsequently,are never fully facing up to the reality of their mortality.