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CANBERRA, 13 februari 2026<\/strong>\u2013 World Vapers' Alliance (WVA) har officiellt l\u00e4mnat in sina vittnesm\u00e5l till senatens referenskommitt\u00e9 f\u00f6r r\u00e4ttsliga och konstitutionella fr\u00e5gor och varnar f\u00f6r att Australiens restriktiva vapinglagar \u00e4r den fr\u00e4msta drivkraften bakom landets eskalerande illegala tobaks- och nikotinkris.<\/p>\n

I inlaga argumenterar WVA f\u00f6r att den nuvarande receptbelagda modellen har skapat ett massivt regelvakuum. Ist\u00e4llet f\u00f6r att minska r\u00f6kning har det faktiska f\u00f6rbudet mot vapingprodukter f\u00f6r konsumenter \u00f6verl\u00e4mnat total marknadskontroll till transnationella organiserade brottssyndikat. Denna f\u00f6r\u00e4ndring har lett till en \u00f6kning av olaglig handel, f\u00f6rlust av skatteint\u00e4kter och en v\u00e5g av v\u00e5ld i samh\u00e4llet, inklusive uppm\u00e4rksammade brandbombningar och r\u00e4der i detaljhandeln.<\/p>\n

Michael Landl, chef f\u00f6r World Vapers' Alliance, sa:<\/p>\n

"<\/em>Australiens experiment med de facto-f\u00f6rbud \u00e4r en g\u00e5va till den organiserade brottsligheten.<\/em><\/strong> Genom att blockera laglig tillg\u00e5ng till mindre skadliga alternativ har regeringen inte stoppat nikotinanv\u00e4ndningen, den har helt enkelt s\u00e4kerst\u00e4llt att varje dollar som spenderas p\u00e5 det finansierar kriminella g\u00e4ng ist\u00e4llet f\u00f6r folkh\u00e4lsan. Vi uppmanar kommitt\u00e9n att f\u00f6lja bevisen fr\u00e5n v\u00e4rldsledare som Sverige och Nya Zeeland: legalisera, reglera och beskatta vape i enlighet med deras risk. <\/em>Man kan inte besegra en olaglig marknad genom att g\u00f6ra det lagliga alternativet om\u00f6jligt att f\u00e5 tillg\u00e5ng till.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Medan Australiens politik har stagnerat har l\u00e4nder som Sverige, Storbritannien och Nya Zeeland uppn\u00e5tt rekordl\u00e5ga r\u00f6kningsniv\u00e5er genom att anamma tobaksskademinskning (THR). I Australien \u00e4r dock andelen ungdomar som r\u00f6ker och vapar fortfarande h\u00f6gre \u00e4n p\u00e5 m\u00e5nga reglerade marknader, vilket bevisar att f\u00f6rbud inte ger de \u00e5ldersverifieringsgarantier som finns i lagliga detaljhandelsmilj\u00f6er.<\/p>\n

WVA efterlyser ett riskproportionerligt regelverk som behandlar l\u00e5griskprodukter som vape och nikotinp\u00e5sar som konsumtionsvaror f\u00f6r vuxna. Denna strategi skulle undergr\u00e4va kriminella aff\u00e4rsmodeller, \u00e5terst\u00e4lla statlig tillsyn och ge r\u00f6kare de livr\u00e4ddande verktyg de beh\u00f6ver f\u00f6r att sluta.<\/p>\n

Hela inl\u00e4mningen finns tillg\u00e4nglig h\u00e4r<\/a>, och WVA uppmuntrar alla australiska vapers att dela sina erfarenheter<\/a> med kommitt\u00e9n f\u00f6re tidsfristen den 27 mars.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA, 13 February 2026\u2013 The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) has officially submitted its evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, warning that Australia\u2019s restrictive vaping laws are the primary driver of the nation\u2019s escalating illegal tobacco and nicotine crisis. 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