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Exclusive: TikTok users and Australian websites promote likely harmful products as a way to quit vaping – but TGA warns they can only be supplied with a prescription
Regulated in Australia as prescription medicines, nicotine pouches are being promoted on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook
Nation-first audit of shops in Western Australia found almost nine out of 10 vape stores were within walking distance of schools
Health minister Mark Butler says medical and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe vapes and patients will get their scripts filled at pharmacies
Brands’ accounts are targeting children with unhealthy promotions while collecting their data, Sydney health conference hears