A whopping 20 per cent of young people and nine per cent of adults now vape on a regular basis, according to the Australian Department of Health.
But this hasn’t deterred Australians, with many – particularly young people – resorting to “black market” channels to get their hands on the products. The poll from RedBridge, found that almost 90 per cent of the 1500 people surveyed agreed or strongly agreed that regulated nicotine vaping products should be available for sale to adults aged 18 and older through licensed retail outlets.
In the UK a person must also be over the age of 18 to buy and use a vape. The cartridges in the vapes must also hold no more than two millimetres of liquid and cannot contain more than 20 milligrams of nicotine per millilitre. “Whether its parents dealing with the harsh reality of the youth vaping crisis, or adults who want access to strictly regulated products with ingredient standards, there is overwhelming support across all demographics to fix Australia’s black market vaping crisis by adopting the commonsense solution of regulating vapes in the same way as tobacco.”There has been a concerning rise in young Aussies taking up vaping.
“Just two per cent of Aussies say they are very confident in the current rules that force anyone who wants to access a vape as a quit smoking aid to go to the GP and get a prescription.”