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41 leading tobacco control and addiction experts from Australia and NZ have written an open letter to Health Minister @Mark_Butler_MP asking him to reconsider the proposal to further restrict access to nicotine #vaping
colinmendelsohn.com.au/butler-4/
41 leading tobacco control and addiction experts from Australia and NZ have written an open letter to Health Minister @Mark_Butler_MP asking him to reconsider the proposal to further restrict access to nicotine #vaping
colinmendelsohn.com.au/butler-4/
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Their concern is that
“this approach will have serious and harmful unintended consequences for public health, will slow the decline in smoking and will ultimately be unsuccessful”
Their concern is that
“this approach will have serious and harmful unintended consequences for public health, will slow the decline in smoking and will ultimately be unsuccessful”
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The experts say that "a well-designed adult consumer regulatory model is most likely to achieve the two goals we all seek, i.e., making vaping products available as a quitting aid for adults who smoke and minimising access by young people"
The experts say that "a well-designed adult consumer regulatory model is most likely to achieve the two goals we all seek, i.e., making vaping products available as a quitting aid for adults who smoke and minimising access by young people"
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Measures to protect non-smoking youth are essential, “but excessive regulation that makes vaping less accessible, less appealing, more expensive or less effective perpetuates adult smoking and increases smoking-related death and illness”
Measures to protect non-smoking youth are essential, “but excessive regulation that makes vaping less accessible, less appealing, more expensive or less effective perpetuates adult smoking and increases smoking-related death and illness”
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