Australia Implements Major Crackdown on Recreational Vaping to Curb Teen Nicotine Addiction

The Australian government will ban non-prescription vapes and heavily regulate packaging to discourage vaping, especially among teens, under its biggest smoking reforms in more than a decade. Vaping has become a top behavioral issue in high schools and a growing problem in elementary schools, but recognized the products have a therapeutic use under the right circumstances. The ban will bankrupt vape shops, but the government wants people to give up smoking and plans to spend millions of dollars on programs to help them quit, without first turning to vapes.