nicotine
Oxycodone use higher in the bush
More Australians are using oxycodone and fentanyl than heroin, new data from wastewater analysis suggests But there has been a gradual reduction in pharmaceutical opioid use in some sites, Australia’s …
Should you recommend NRT to pregnant women?
With ambiguous messages surrounding nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy, Aussie experts have tried to pin down the best advice Smoking cessation experts and public health physicians from the University of …
Don’t market e-cigarettes as cessation aids: AMA
The AMA has called for e-cigarettes to remain subject to “strong regulation” in Australia Commenting on its submission to an inquiry into the devices, the AMA says it believes that …
“Australia hasn’t yet come to terms with the option of harm reduction”
In the wake of the TGA’s decision to maintain a ban on nicotine for e-cigarettes, research shows such restrictive environments inhibit smokers’ attempts to quit A study published this week …
Final TGA decision: no vaping nicotine
The TGA has decided to maintain the current scheduling of nicotine, but harm minimisation stakeholders are concerned The TGA has handed down its final decision on nicotine, which is to …
Experts: Nicotine for vaping should be legalised
In Australia, it is currently illegal to possess or use nicotine other than in tobacco or nicotine-replacement products By Colin Mendelsohn, Associate professor, UNSW Australia Forty leading international and Australian academics …
Passive ‘vaping’ risk
E-CIGARETTES PRESENT HEALTH RISKS FOR PEOPLE WHO VAPE OR FOR BYSTANDERS. The risk assessment report from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. only considered e-cigarettes with nicotine, since there has been very …