Nobody said it would be easy. Vapes and e-cigarettes have hit cities the world over like an unstoppable avalanche.
Four days into a nationwide ban on the sale of vapes,federal and state authorities are playing the blame game about who should be enforcing the rules.
This is an important appointment by the federal government that will provide an opportunity to help all Australians.
The last-minute changes have provoked the fury of pharmacists,who said they were healthcare professionals and not tobacconists.
The number of people using vapes in NSW increased last year,but survey data suggests more than half are considering quitting in the next six months.
After their last appointment drew controversy,the police are after a new media head to give Karen Webb some tabloid sparkle.
Quitline counsellor Ciza Dion says it can be hard talking to clients over the phone,but helping someone to break an addiction makes it all worthwhile.
Big tobacco excise increases have been used to boost the budget bottom line. But fewer smokers,more vapers and a burgeoning black market are killing the tax cash cow.
As Australia debates legislation that would effectively outlaw vaping without a prescription,Singapore is struggling to make its own hardline laws work.
Marijuana remained Australia’s most popular drug,with about 2.5 million users,while about one million people took the stimulant drug cocaine.
Coalition MPs are warning about the “skyrocketing” sale of vapes to children,and asking if it would be better to regulate and tax the sale,like New Zealand.