{"id":3043,"date":"2022-08-24T03:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2022-08-25T03:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:47:43","slug":"western-australia-authorities-seize-over-500k-worth-of-vapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/western-australia-authorities-seize-over-500k-worth-of-vapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia Authorities Seize Over $500k Worth of Vapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>During a recent six-week health crackdown in Western Australia (WA), authorities seized over 15,000 e-cigarettes, valued over $500,000.<\/h5>\n<p>As of October 2021, vapers in Australia are only able to purchase vaping products from pharmacies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2021\/08\/17\/australian-vapers-urged-to-get-doctors-prescriptions-ahead-of-new-e-cig-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via prescription<\/a>, and anyone caught violating these harsh regulations will face steep fines, and in some cases even imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Together with other experts, Australian tobacco harm reduction expert Dr. Colin Mendelsohn had explained that the prescription model introduced in Australia does not work as it makes the products difficult to access, creating a higher demand and subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2019\/06\/24\/australias-nicotine-ban-is-feeding-a-thriving-black-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growth in the black market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government\u2019s set up this complex system which just isn\u2019t working; to find a GP who will prescribe and then to find a pharmacy that will sell it \u2013 it\u2019s just not a workable solution,\u201d he said. \u201cSo people are going to the black market to buy unregulated products and the black market is thriving and selling these products to kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a<a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Open-letter-Australia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> letter dated Wednesday July 20th,<\/a> vaping activists from around the world called on Australia\u2019s Ministry of Health, urging it to cease the ongoing attacks against the local vape industry. This action came in response to a note received by vape shop owners across Western Australia from the WA health department, asking them to cease operations within 14 days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/08\/24\/western-australia-authorities-seize-over-500k-worth-of-vapes\/\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a recent six-week health crackdown in Western Australia (WA), authorities seized over 15,000 e-cigarettes, valued over $500,000. As of October 2021, vapers in Australia are only able to purchase vaping products from pharmacies via prescription, and anyone caught violating these harsh regulations will face steep fines, and in some cases even imprisonment. 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