South Australians born after 2009 could be banned from smoking and purchasing tobacco-related products under a bold law proposed by an independent politician. Modelled after similar laws in the UK, the proposed Bill would immediately raise the legal age for buying tobacco and smoking-related products, like nicotine pouches, from 18Continue Reading
The latest nicotine product flooding into the country are pouches, as authorities strip hundreds of thousands of disposable vapes from the wider market. The pouches are marketed on American social media and podcast channels, exploding in popularity about a year ago. British American Tobacco’s brand of nicotine pouches, Velo, sponsorsContinue Reading
As the fight against vaping continues, a new nicotine product is becoming increasingly popular with young people and parents will not be able to tell if their child is using it because they are basically invisible. Nicotine pouches — called Zyns, snus or little lip pillows — have become fashionableContinue Reading
As states and territories battle to get on top of the country’s vaping crisis, tobacconists are still openly selling illegal nicotine vapes, albeit at higher prices. On Darlinghurst Rd, the main drag of Sydney’s former red light district of Kings Cross, vape sales dominate – all you have to doContinue Reading