nicotine vaping products
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Frailty and Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Frail patients with COPD have a more unfavourable future risk of acute exacerbations …
Vaping cessation aids on the horizon
Approved cessation products to help treat nicotine vaping withdrawal will be legally available without a script following scheduling decision Nicotine replacement therapy to help people quit vaping nicotine may become …
SHPA backs ‘much-needed’ vaping legislation
Coalition of health organisations including the SHPA, urges senators to support new vape legislation The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) is among a group of advocacy groups calling …
Strategic alliance urges MPs to pass vaping reforms
Pharmacy and medical organisations are allying with the federal government in war on vaping Health professional bodies are calling on all federal politicians to back legislation banning the sale, supply, …
TGA seizes 500k illegally imported vapes
Authorities detain vapes worth more than $15 million in largest bust ever The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and Victoria Police have seized almost 500,000 allegedly illegally imported vapes, as part …
Poll: Should nicotine vapes be Pharmacist Only?
Academics back pharmacists to dispense nicotine vapes without prescriptions – we want to know if you believe they should be Pharmacist Only products? Legislation aimed at restricting access to nicotine …
No consensus on vaping products
With pharmacies to become the only legal source of nicotine vaping products from 1 March, a study has found that pharmacists and authorised prescribers may differ on their use for …
TGA continues clampdown on nicotine vape advertising
Regulator issues fines totalling more than $150,000 to a company and its director over alleged unlawful advertising of nicotine vapes The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has fined Kilpatrick & Douglas …
No more nicotine advertising
Government repeals legislation authorising pharmacies to advertise the availability of prescription nicotine Community pharmacies are no longer allowed to promote prescription nicotine products, following the repeal of the Therapeutic Goods …
Prescription-only liquid nicotine ‘not working’
Nationals Senator calls for nicotine vaping products to be de-scheduled and regulated in line with tobacco In an amendment to the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) (Consequential Amendments and Transitional …
Vaping: e-cigarettes in smoking cessation
What is the evidence for nicotine vaping products in smoking cessation and their impact on health more generally? By Sandra Rackemann BPharm (Hons), AACPA, Professional Development Pharmacist, Australasian College of …
Nationals call for prescription vaping rethink
Well-meaning laws making nicotine vaping products prescription-only are fueling the black market trade in vapes, a National Party MP claims Efforts to restrict access to vaping products will do little …