by Layney Britton | Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, Govt & Politics, News, Tech & Research
Stray vapes haunt the cold tiles of your local high school bathroom floor. Cold fluorescents do nothing to hide the evidence that students have taken up a new activity: one that threatens the health of themselves and those around them. The rise of vaping The coal...
by Lilian Cooper | Nov 3, 2023 | Feature
Vaping has surged in popularity, particularly among Gen-Z, who might have been the first generation of non-smokers. Many people do not know what they are vaping, with University of Wollongong researchers revealing that it is not uncommon for dangerous banned...
by Keeley Hurry | Jun 12, 2023 | Feature, News
It has been over a month since Federal Health Minister Mark Butler announced Australia will overhaul its vaping laws and regulations, but the effect of the new crackdown is yet to be seen with a Wollongong vape user claiming nicotine e-cigarettes have never been...
by Keeley Hurry | May 31, 2023 | News, Tech & Research
Today is World No Tobacco Day, declared in the 1980s by the World Health Organisation to discourage people from taking up smoking and engaging current smokers to quit. However, in the wake of new government regulations on vapes and e-cigarettes, the battleground has...
by Russell Haylock | May 5, 2023 | Govt & Politics, News
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a ban on recreational vaping and a tax hike on tobacco products over the next three years. Mr Butler stated that single-use disposable vapes will be made illegal, and that the importation of non-pharmaceutical vaping...