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Jun 8, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
The @TGAgovau has stated they will 'educate' docs & pharmacists on #nicotine containing vapes before the Oct 1 regulations come into effect in #Australia. With less than 4 months to go until that takes effect, they seem likely to fail in that promise.
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ajp.com.au/news/will-phar… "[#Nicotine consumers] can import products directly themselves from overseas, and that’s what the 110,000 doctors can write a script for now" John Skerritt of the TGA stated.

One problem though is that GPs typically /won't/ write prescriptions for #nicotine.
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