The Australian government will ban e-cigarettes through a heavy set of controls on imports and packaging to discourage vaping, especially among teens, under its biggest smoking reforms in more than a ...

New laws come into effect in Australia today that change the look, ingredients, and packaging of tobacco products. The Australian government passed the package of tobacco laws in late 2023, which ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday it will ban recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette laws in the biggest crackdown on the tobacco industry in more than a decade to try ...

Arresting the man suspected of being the kingpin of Australia’s black market tobacco industry is likely to have little impact on the availability of cheap cigarettes, experts say.

Australia plans to turn e-cigarettes into prescription drugs and will ban people from buying them without a doctor’s prescription. Vaping retailers publicly vow they will move to the underground. We ...

To help put an end to smoking, Australia is considering a bold new policy that would make cigarettes available by prescription only. The plan is being researched by a new center at the University of ...