Vaping

Premier Chris Minns said the three-year investment is aimed at protecting the health of children and other young people addicted to vaping.

A South Australia-wide illegal vape blitz has uncovered the shocking lengths sellers are going to sell the highly addictive products to children.

It's part of the government's plan to combat smoking.

These symptoms can include eye pain, burning, itching, redness, dryness, glare, blurriness and headaches.

The nicotine products were uncovered in a major crime investigation.

New vape and smoke-free zones come into effect in Queensland today.

Vapers are at risk of developing bronchitis and shortness of breath, a new research study has found.

It's believed to be the biggest bust of its kind in not just Perth, but all of Australia.

Authorities have checked 152 businesses and seized 2800 vapes just five weeks into an eight-week plan to help cut off the supply chain.

A 13-year-old has been taken to hospital after they collapsed after reportedly vaping in the toilets at a Victorian school.

Six young people were taken to NSW emergency departments within eight days of each other in June after they each smoked nicotine vapes.

A million dollars worth of illegal vapes has been seized from an interstate truck heading into Perth in West Australia's biggest bust of its kind.

When mother-of-three Sara Driver felt ashamed when she realised her youngest two children had become vape addicts.

"Those who vape are three times as likely to smoke"

The rate of Aussie teenage smokers has increased for the first time in two decades, concerning new data has revealed.

Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours are among a raft of new "world-leading" changes proposed by the federal government in a new bid to crack down on smoking.

Tests have found vapes sold in Queensland contain heavy metals which are "toxic to reproduction" and may "cause neurological anomalies".

A vaping crackdown won't work in its current form, the head of the Australian Border Force has warned.

The Perth man now faces years of treatment to repair the damage done to his leg.

She's wanted to stop but keeps coming back when she's stressed.

Nearly every video on TikTok that features vaping portrays it in a positive light, an alarming study has found.

Two high school students have been taken to hospital after suffering a severe reaction to a vaping product in Melbourne.

Vapers fear the government crackdown on e-cigarettes will force them back to smoking despite the price hikes on a packet of cigarettes.

After calls from health bodies and medical professionals, Australia will completely overhaul its laws and regulations surrounding vaping.

Recreational vaping will be banned and the tax on tobacco products will increase over the next three years.

The new proposed legislation will make it illegal to consume physical or e-cigarettes at a range of outdoor public places.

Five per cent of the state's population is currently vaping, with almost two per cent doing so daily.

Health Minister Mark Butler has shot down suggestions the sales and use of e-cigarettes be regulated similar to tobacco products, saying it would "normalise" the practice.

Australian researchers have debunked a major argument which is often used by the vaping lobby.

One of the country's leading tobacco control experts has called for the total ban of all vaping products around the country as uptake among the nation's youth soars.

The Queensland government is cracking down on vaping by announcing a parliamentary inquiry into the dangers of the phenomenon.

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has admitted to vaping in a radio interview.

NSW Police went to a home in Kempsey, on the Mid North Coast, yesterday after concerns were expressed over the welfare of a 10-month-old baby.

A disturbing number of children have been exposed to toxic vape chemicals, recently released data shows.

Vape-related hospitalisations are soaring as advocates uncover more about the deadly chemicals being breathed in by children.

Some town centres in Perth will become smoke free zones from today, with cigarettes and vapes banned on several of the city's main streets.

It comes as research found Victorians are taking up the toxic habit in record numbers.

More than $1 million worth of illegal vapes have been seized in Melbourne's south-east and two men have been charged over the haul.

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products.

More than a third of Australian primary school teachers and staff say some of their students vape, an alarming new study into e-cigarettes' in schools has revealed.

An Auckland headmaster says it was necessary for his staff to go into student bathrooms in response to a growing problem of nicotine vaping.

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Vaping can cause serious health problems and there is little evidence to show its an effective way to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, Australia's national health council says.

A McDonald's in Melbourne's south-west has been forced to close its dining area over multiple days after school students were caught vaping inside.

Melbourne mum Paige didn't know what she was looking at when she opened up her seven-year-old son's school bag recently to find a neon green, plastic object inside.

Authorities have blitzed New South Wales shops and convenience stores to seize more than $1 million of illegal vapes and vaping products in just five months.

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An alarming report has revealed serious health concerns associated with the use of e-cigarettes, or vapes.

Experts say an increasing number of school kids are becoming addicted to nicotine without realising it.

A NSW Government campaign from its health and education departments has launched today in a bid to educate young people about the dangers of vapes and e-cigarettes.