The Dire Consequences of Australia’s Vape Prohibition
Until 2020, vaping regulations in Australia and New Zealand were relatively similar. However, in the following years New Zealand embraced vaping as a smoking cessation tool while Australia demonized it. What has this led to? Similar teen vaping rates in both countries, with the difference that Kiwi youngsters purchase regulated safer products, while Australians resort to illegal ones, and a drop in smoking rates in New Zealand and unchanged ones in Australia.