ATHRA: Terry Mills MP passionately opposes NT vaping legislation

Terry Mills MP passionately opposes NT vaping legislation
Posted on February 15, 2019 by Colin
The Northern Territory parliament passed laws on Wednesday 13 February to regulate the sale, supply, promotion and use of e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn devices as strictly as conventional tobacco products, even though they contain no tobacco, do not combust or release… Read more

High profile barrister Robert Richter QC quits smoking with vaping
Posted on February 8, 2019 by Colin
Robert Richter QC is a high profile barrister from Melbourne known for a celebrity client list stretching from Melbourne's gangland figure Mick Gatto and Ray Williams of HIH, to former Elders IXL boss John Elliott and Cardinal George Pell. 12… Read more

Queensland Health caught out in vaping bungle ... again
Posted on January 17, 2019 by Colin
Queensland Health has been misleading smokers about the laws on vaping and has been caught out twice in the past year. Although there are ways to legally vape with nicotine in Australia, Queensland Health has been telling smokers that they… Read more

TGA overreacts to vaping study
Posted on January 15, 2019 by
Today's warning by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (1) about the 'serious health risks' from ecigarette liquid is disproportionate and misleading and will cause unnecessary alarm according to the health promotion charity, the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA). The warning… Read more

Australian study finds vaping products should be regulated
Posted on January 14, 2019 by
An Australian study published today highlights the importance of regulating vaping e-liquids. The study in the Medical Journal of Australia analysed ten 'nicotine-free' e-liquids and found six to be contaminated with trace amounts of nicotine. According to Conjoint Associate Professor… Read more

Australian study shows the need to regulate vaping products
Posted on January 14, 2019 by Colin
An Australian study published today highlights the importance of regulating vaping e-liquids in Australia. The study in the Medical Journal of Australia analysed ten 'nicotine-free' e-liquids and found six to be contaminated with trace amounts of nicotine. The nicotine levels… Read more

Advice from experienced vapers on how to avoid relapse to smoking
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Colin
So you have switched from smoking to vaping? Congratulations! You have taken a huge step in improving your health. The next challenge is to stay switched! Relapse is a major problem for smokers who quit. Most quitters will relapse within… Read more

Switch2Vaping
Posted on December 18, 2018 by Mimmette
Switch2vaping Vaping nicotine is a less harmful and less costly alternative for adult smokers who are unable to quit. Smokers who switch to vaping will Feel much better Save a packet Be exposed to far fewer chemicals than from smoking… Read more

Who should regulate vaping? (Hint: not the TGA)
Posted on December 18, 2018 by Colin
The current requirement for nicotine vaporisers (e-cigarettes) to be approved by Australia’s medicines regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is misguided and unworkable. TGA regulation amounts to de facto prohibition. Not a single vaping product globally has been assessed by… Read more

Australian Psychiatrists support legalising vaping for smokers who can't quit
Posted on November 26, 2018 by
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) supports making vaping with nicotine available for Australian smokers who are unable or unwilling to quit. In its new Position Statement on vaping the RANZCP, which represents 85% of practising… Read more

No excuse for high smoking rates among Indigenous people
Posted on November 14, 2018 by Colin
New harm-reduced alternatives to smoking mean there is no excuse for Governments to leave Aboriginal and other Indigenous people to die. In this guest blog, Dr Marewa Glover (@MarewaGlover on Twitter), Director of the Auckland based Centre of Research Excellence:… Read more

Metals inhaled from vaping are not a health risk
Posted on November 3, 2018 by Colin
The daily exposure to metals from vaping are below established safety limits with normal use and are of minor health concern, according to a recently published study by leading researchers Konstantinos Farsalinos and Brad Rodu in Inhalation Toxicology. Vaporisers use heating… Read more

Should you vape? A doctor's view
Posted on October 23, 2018 by Colin
MANY people still believe that vaping is just as bad for you as smoking ordinary cigarettes. But it isn’t. They also think that because you are inhaling nicotine in the vapour of e-cigarettes you are just as likely to get lung… Read more

Vaping ban discriminates against smokers with mental illness
Posted on October 18, 2018 by Colin
ATHRA director, Stephen Elsom has produced a short film (see below) to highlight the plight of Australian smokers with mental illness who are particularly affected by the ban on nicotine e-liquid for vaping. Vapers must purchase their nicotine online from… Read more

Time to drop the name 'e-cigarette' for something more appropriate
Posted on October 9, 2018 by Colin
It is time to consider replacing the terms 'e-cigarette' and ‘electronic cigarette’ with something more appropriate. These labels link a low-risk life-saving technology to a toxic and deadly product and are muddying the already murky waters of the tobacco harm… Read more

Today's tobacco tax rise exploits and punishes addicted smokers
Posted on September 1, 2018 by Colin
Is today’s tobacco excise rise a genuine attempt to reduce smoking rates or a tax grab by a greedy government, exploiting and punishing smokers for their addiction? Most smokers think it is the latter. A/Professor Colin Mendelsohn Article first published at… Read more

CSIRO report provides strong support for legalising vaping
Posted on August 10, 2018 by Colin
A recent report by the CSIRO, E-cigarettes, smoking and health provides strong support for vaping as a way of reducing the harm from smoking in Australia. The 400-page scientific review of the literature was funded by the Australian Commonwealth Department… Read more

Why Australia’s College of Physicians has got it wrong
Posted on August 3, 2018 by Colin
A recent report from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) acknowledging that personal vaporisers (e-cigarettes) can help smokers quit is a welcome change. (1) Nevertheless, the College still continues to oppose their use because of concerns about… Read more

Aaron Stonehouse MLC goes in to bat for vaping in WA
Posted on July 26, 2018 by Colin
Liberal Democrats MP Aaron Stonehouse has today launched a campaign to legalise vaping in Western Australia. The campaign is supported by Legalise Vaping and ATHRA, with Board Member Perth GP Dr Joe Kosterich actively involved in the campaign. (Pictured: Aaron Stonehouse… Read more

Stephen Elsom
Posted on June 27, 2018 by Mimmette
Stephen is a semi-retired mental health nurse. Over the course of his career, he published over 60 peer-reviewed articles, attracted over $6 million in research funding and smoked over 200,000 cigarettes. He tried to quit many times using most available… Read more

Safety
Posted on June 27, 2018 by Mimmette
Is vaping safer than smoking? COVID-19 UPDATE April 2020 There is NO evidence that vaping increases the risk or the severity of COVID-19 in vapers or bystanders. Download our one-page handout here 'EVALI' UPDATE Oct 2019 The outbreak of serious vaping-related… Read more

Vaping cost
Posted on June 27, 2018 by Mimmette
What does vaping cost? Vaping is substantially cheaper than smoking. Australia has the highest cigarette prices in the world and the tobacco tax is set to rise 12.5% every year on September 2018, 2019 and 2020. A pack-a-day smoker (20… Read more

Vaping Devices
Posted on June 27, 2018 by Mimmette
Vaping devices Vaporisers consist essentially of three components: a battery, a tank that holds the e-liquid and the coil (heating element). A wick (usually cotton) draws e-liquid onto the coil (a coiled metal wire). When the user breathes in or… Read more

Counselling Guide
Posted on June 23, 2018 by Jason
Counselling guide Patient handout on vaping. Download here. Below are suggested steps for counselling smokers on vaping. Patients should be informed about the risks and benefits and instructed on correct use. Advise smokers to aim for complete cessation of tobacco,… Read more

Vaping Devices
Posted on February 14, 2018 by Colin
Vaping devices There is a wide range of vaporisers and new models are constantly being produced. The most suitable devices for smokers who are new to vaping (‘beginners’) are: Cigalikes Pod devices Starter kits (pen-style tank devices) More advanced models are generally… Read more

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