Australia will ban the import of electronic cigarettes

2023-05-02 12:11:00

Australia is fighting the epidemic of e-cigarette smoking among teenagers and has announced a series of legal measures designed to curb the epidemic of e-cigarettes among teenagers. The Cancer Society: “an essential step that is also suitable for Israel, in light of the vape epidemic among the youth”

The Australian government is fighting the epidemic of e-cigarette smoking among teenagers and today announced a series of vigorous legal measures designed to curb the epidemic of e-cigarettes among teenagers.

The Australian Minister of Health stated that “electronic cigarettes have been ‘sold’ to governments and communities around the world as a smoking cessation aid. They were not ‘sold’ as a recreational product and especially not sold that way to our children. But that is what they have become: a product intended for our children, sold alongside popsicles and chocolate bars E-cigarettes contain 200 toxic chemicals that don’t need to enter the lungs, the same chemicals you’d find in nail polish remover and weed killer. Just like they did back in the day with regular cigarettes, tobacco companies have taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging, and added flavors to create a new generation of nicotine addicts. This It must end.”

Among the groundbreaking steps that the Australian government will take: a blanket ban on the import of electronic cigarettes without a prescription, a ban on the import of single-use electronic cigarettes, restrictions on flavors and the amount of nicotine, mandatory uniform packaging for vaping products.

Moshe Bar Haim, CEO of the Cancer Society responded that: “We welcome the move and are confident that it will be approved and accepted. This is an essential step that is also appropriate for Israel, in light of the epidemic in the country of teenagers and children using electronic cigarettes and obtaining the product as easily as a creative at a kiosk. We call on the members of the Knesset and the government to consider the implementation of the absolute ban in Israel as well. We are in a very difficult time and difficult times call for decisive measures.”

The Cancer Society added: “We once again send our condolences to the Keller family for the untimely death of Midan and remind the public that electronic cigarettes are a dangerous product that causes physical and mental dependence. Scientific studies have found a connection to symptoms such as coughing, vomiting, risk of asthma, high blood pressure, seizures heart, and damage to the respiratory system and lungs. As well as damage to brain development in teenagers and young adults leading to attention problems, learning problems, emotional instability, depression and anxiety. We emphasize that although the electronic cigarette companies promote them as a clean, smoke-free and cancer-free alternative, new studies have already They found genetic changes related to the development of cancerous tumors in the oral cavity, in the lung area in the users.”