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CAPHRA Warns Australian Senate: Prohibition Has Failed, Regulation Is the Only Way Forward
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has delivered a blunt message to the Australian Senate: the country’s illegal tobacco crisis is a policy failure, not an enforcement problem, and no amount of additional resources will solve a problem created by prohibition. In a submission to the…
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Vaping in Australia 2025: How to Buy Through the Approved Channels
In 2024, the Australian Government made major changes to the way vaping products are regulated. All vapes are now treated as therapeutic goods — meaning they are accessed in a healthcare setting rather than as lifestyle or recreational products. This means: ✅ You can obtain vaping products only through registered…
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Why Australia’s tough vaping laws are a win for public health and youth safety
Australia’s restrictive vaping policy, which limits the sale of nicotine-containing e-cigarettes to prescription-only access, has been a topic of heated debate. Yet, this policy is essential in protecting public health—especially when it comes to safeguarding young people from the risks associated with vaping. Australia’s approach reflects a commitment to prioritize…
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Australia’s publicly funded ‘vaping facts’ need investigation
“The vaping lies getting peddled in Australia are an outrageous misuse of public expenditure which should be directed towards improving Australia’s healthcare system,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Co-ordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow the New South Wales Government ramping up its threats…
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Report: Australia’s vaping regime, a predictable failure
“When one of the world’s most respected Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts concludes that Australia’s anti-vaping regime is a ‘policy failure’, then the country’s approach to tobacco control needs urgent reviewing,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Co-ordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow Australian…
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Vaping going backwards under new Aussie Government
“This latest government document on vaping makes outrageously false claims and will only cost more Australian smokers their lives,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Co-ordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow the release of the 2022 CEO Statement on Electronic Cigarettes by the National…
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New Australian Govt must end anti-vaping hysteria
“We are hopeful the nearly decade long Liberal-led Government’s open warfare on safer nicotine products will end under Australia’s new Labor-led Government,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Co-ordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). “Former Health Minister Greg Hunt and his Cabinet colleagues oversaw a failed ‘quit…
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Australian election campaign must debate vaping
Australian politicians who recognize the public health potential of vaping will be rewarded with votes, yet most remain too scared to promote the world’s most effective smoking cessation tool, says the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). “Australia’s political leaders need to pull their heads out of…
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Australia must use vaping tool in its smoking strategy
Australia is lagging well behind many other countries in the Asia Pacific region when it comes to successfully tackling smoking through vaping, says the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). CAPHRA’s observation comes as Australia’s Department of Health seeks feedback on its Draft National Smoking Strategy 2022…
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Black Friday: Australia makes smoking so much easier
“Friday, 1 October marks the day deadly cigarettes become a lot easier to obtain in Australia than safer nicotine vaping products,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA). Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has expanded its prescription-only model with customs to clampdown at…
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