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Australia is developing regulations on e-cigarettes. [169] Laws vary across Australia's states and can conflict. In April 2014 a court decision made it illegal to sell or supply e-cigarettes regardless of their appearance or nicotine content (even if zero) in Western Australia. [170] Previously they were banned if they looked like cigarettes.
Critics of vaping bans state that vaping is a much safer alternative to smoking tobacco products and that vaping bans incentivize people to return to smoking cigarettes. [331] For example, critics cite the British Journal of Family Medicine in August 2015 which stated, "E-cigarettes are 95% safer than traditional smoking."
The scientific community in the United States and Europe are primarily concerned with the possible effect of electronic cigarette use on public health. [1] There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control tobacco, [2] and serve as a gateway for smoking among youth. [3]
A medical cannabis crop in Australia. Cannabis is a plant used in Australia for recreational, medicinal and industrial purposes. In 2022–23, 41% of Australians over the age of fourteen years had used cannabis in their lifetime and 11.5% had used cannabis in the last 12 months.
A 2018 review states that "The recent advent of 'vitamin vaping' and aggressive marketing by some e-cigarette companies that claim that vaping e-cigarettes containing a variety of vitamins (vitamins A, B12, C, and D) is worrying as at this current time, clinically determining the concentration of any given vitamin that is systemically absorbed ...
In Australia the prevalence of smoking is in decline, with figures from the 2011-12 Australian Health Survey showing 18% of the population to be current smokers, [21] a decline from 28% in 1989–90. [22] Among the indigenous population, the rate was much higher: 50% of men and 44% of women reported being current smokers in 2007–08. [23]
The heating element in vaping devices reaches a high temperature which can possibly ignite in the presence of oxygen. [109] Vaping while on oxygen therapy is not recommended. [109] Users may alter many of the devices, such as E-liquid mixing. [110] Mixing liquid in an unclean area runs the risk of contamination. [111]
The regulations are addressed at youth vaping in Australia, where about 22% of 18-24 year-olds reported using e-cigarettes or vaping devices at least once, data last year showed.