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A leading Australian substance abuse expert is pleading for moderation in policies on e-cigarettes.
The University of Queensland’s Professor Wayne Hall said current law on electronic nicotine delivery systems placed researchers – and people who wanted to use e-cigarettes to quit smoking – in a difficult situation.
E-cigarettes containing nicotine cannot legally be sold in Australia.
”We should not have to choose between banning e-cigarettes completely and selling them alongside children’s candy,” Professor Hall said.
Professor Hall is an advisor to the World Health Organization and the director of UQ’s Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research.
“We are told e-cigarettes will only be available to smokers as medicinal products to stop them smoking if clinical trials show them to be safe and effective.
“However, regulation as medicines may not be the best regulatory model and, until the products are approved as medicines, smokers must obtain them from the black market....
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