Vaping: Black market sales to soar amid Labor’s ‘prohibition’ policy, former Australian Boarder Force officer Rohan Pike warns

Already a subscriber?The Albanese government’s plan to make pharmacies the gatekeepers of vaping will push more young people onto the black market, experts on the illicit trade say, as new data shows nicotine use is rising.

But former Australian Federal Police officer Rohan Pike, who created and led the Australian Border Force’s tobacco strike force, warns that many of the country’s 1.7 million vape users could actually be pushed into smoking. Since July 1, vape sales require a doctor’s prescription, nicotine levels are regulated, and flavours are limited to tobacco, menthol and mint. Another requirement restricts products to plain packaging.

“And the only other place they’re going to find it is on the black market, where the prices are rising substantially because they have no competition.

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