e-cigarettes
$16k fine for importing vapes
The TGA has highlighted the upcoming e-cigarette crackdown, in announcing nearly $16,000 in infringement notices The Therapeutic Goods Administration says that it has handed a Queensland tobacco store owner six …
‘Biggest loophole’ in health history to close: Butler
One leading pharmacist has welcomed new restrictions on e-cigarettes which will see disposables banned, retail availability shut down, and a streamlined process for getting a script Health Minister Mark Butler …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Electronic cigarettes and health outcomes An umbrella and systematic review of the global evidence has concluded that E‐cigarettes can be harmful …
Calls for vaping crackdown—but also for looser rules
A study on vaping has led to renewed calls to tighten access to e-cigarettes, including banning their sale outside the pharmacy channel – but the Nats want them sold like …
Pharmacy fix for ‘dog’s breakfast’ of vapes
The current rules around accessing e-cigarettes have “nothing to do with harm minimisation,” argues a researcher asking for all vapes to be accessed only through pharmacies Predatory retailers, manufacturers and …
World news wrapup: 9 March 2023
Entire Lloydspharmacy group at risk in UK; “embarrassed” Irish pharmacist blasts PM over pharmacy inaction; Walgreens caught in medical abortion war UK: All of Lloydspharmacy’s 1,300 branches across the UK …
Latest on naloxone, e-cigs and illicit drug use
Has use of non-prescribed pharmaceutical opioids and nicotine e-cigarettes changed since monitoring and new laws kicked in? New Aussie reports share the latest data… Researchers from the National Drug & …
GPs welcome vaping ‘back down’
Doctors welcome the pause of a controversial e-cigarette scheme, as WA’s chief pharmacist issues a warning on children vaping nicotine The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has welcomed the …
The week in review
A many-sided stoush about vaping and pharmacy kickbacks, COVID news and the PSA conference all made news this week This week saw controversy over vaping rear its head, with News …
Tobacco giant rejects CWH claims
Following controversy over a pharmacy vaping scheme described by one stakeholder as “kickbacks,” Philip Morris says Chemist Warehouse founder has made false claims Earlier this week, News Corp health reporter …
CWH, PSA denounce Philip Morris ‘bribing the pharmacist’ scheme
Philip Morris offered to let Chemist Warehouse exclusively sell its vaping range, claims the discounter’s founder, as PharmaPrograms postpones the launch of its controversial program Pharmacy stakeholders have weighed in …
‘I urge all pharmacists to resist the lure of Big Tobacco cash.’
A “cash for vapes” scheme is claimed to involve tobacco giant Philip Morris making payments to pharmacists, drawing the ire of doctors who said some pharmacists prioritise profit Sue Dunlevy, …