ATHRA: Tragic death of child highlights urgent need for liquid nicotine regulation

Tragic death of child highlights urgent need for liquid nicotine regulation
Posted on July 19, 2019 by Colin
Herald Sun, 18 July 2019 The Victorian Coroner released a heartbreaking report yesterday into the death of an 18-month-old child who died after ingesting a highly concentrated form of nicotine liquid. The Coroner found that the death was not a… Read more

Tragic death of child highlights urgent need for liquid nicotine regulation: ATHRA
Posted on July 17, 2019 by
The significant failure of Australia’s increasingly backward approach to the regulation of vaping products was today highlighted following the release of a Victorian Coroner’s report into the tragic death of an 18-month-old child. The Coroner found that the child died… Read more

Michael Johnsen MP's campaign to make nicotine vaping liquid a consumer product in NSW
Posted on November 1, 2020 by Colin
MICHAEL JOHNSEN, Member for the Upper Hunter in the NSW Parliament is putting public health ahead of politics and is campaigning to make nicotine for vaping available as a consumer product in NSW. A heavy smokers of 40 years, he… Read more

Nicotine e-liquids require urgent regulation in Australia
Posted on October 20, 2020 by Colin
THERE ARE NO MANDATORY safety or quality standards for nicotine liquids in Australia as there are for all other consumer and medical products. This leaves users at risk from unsafe products and children at risk of poisoning from unsafe containers.… Read more

Department of Health signals crackdown on importation of nicotine liquid
Posted on May 7, 2020 by Colin
The federal Department of Health has asked the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to amend the scheduling of nicotine, signalling a crackdown on the importation of nicotine e-liquid. Concerns of a crackdown at the border and increased policing of nicotine were… Read more

Regulation of nicotine liquid would help prevent further deaths
Posted on February 6, 2019 by
An infant in Victoria is reported to have died recently after ingesting liquid nicotine.(1) The Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association would like to extend condolences to the parents and family of the child. According to Conjoint Associate Professor Colin Mendelsohn,… Read more

Study shows nicotine e-liquid exposure is low-risk
Posted on January 28, 2019 by
The Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA) is calling for nicotine e-liquids to be legalised for vaping after an Australian study found that accidental exposure is extremely uncommon and rarely serious. The study in today's Medical Journal of Australia (1)… Read more

Poisoning from nicotine e-liquid is rare and usually mild
Posted on January 28, 2019 by Colin
A report from the Australian Poisons Centres has confirmed that accidental ingestion of nicotine e-liquid is extremely rare and is usually mild and self-limiting. The findings support the case for legalising and regulating nicotine for vaping as a safer alternative… Read more

Switching to a lower nicotine e-liquid may be more harmful
Posted on August 2, 2018 by Colin
A study published today in Addictive Behaviors has confirmed previous findings that switching to a lower nicotine concentration may do more harm than good. The study followed 27 experienced vapers over 12 months and found that they reduced the nicotine… Read more

Q&A on Vaping Nicotine
Posted on October 16, 2020 by
Vaping FAQs Last updated 28 October 2020 Send feedback here Download the FAQs as a pdf The basics What is tobacco harm reduction? The main purpose of tobacco harm reduction is to reduce (not necessarily eliminate) the harm from smoking.… Read more

Why Greg Hunt's plan to ban nicotine imports and medicalise vaping will not work
Posted on September 18, 2020 by Colin
GREG HUNT wants to ban nicotine imports and force vapers to go to the doctor for a prescription and then to a pharmacy to purchase nicotine liquid. ATHRA believes nicotine liquid should be available for sale as a consumer product… Read more

Health Minister misinformed about nicotine poisoning
Posted on September 5, 2020 by Colin
NICOTINE POISONING did not double in Victoria from 2018 to 2019 as stated by the TGA and Health Minister Greg Hunt. In fact, according to data released under Freedom of Information, there was no increase in poisoning at all in… Read more

Training now available for Australian GPs on vaping and nicotine prescribing
Posted on August 1, 2020 by Colin
TRAINING FOR GPs on how to help smoking patients quit by vaping nicotine is now available online from HealthEd, Australia's leading GP education and training organisation. The online podcast available here, by ATHRA Director Dr Colin Mendelsohn provides GPs with… Read more

Australia's ban on nicotine importation lifted...for now
Posted on June 27, 2020 by Colin
PUBLIC HEALTH is the big winner from Health Minister Greg Hunt’s decision to delay the ban on importing nicotine. However, the fight to legalise vaping is far from over. The Minister announced on 19 June that it would be illegal… Read more

Government announces major crackdown to effectively ban nicotine imports
Posted on June 19, 2020 by Colin
THE PLAN announced today by the Health Department to block the importation of nicotine for vaping is effectively a death sentence for hundreds of thousands of Australian vapers and smokers. Many vapers will go back to smoking and smokers will… Read more

Why ATHRA opposes the TGA nicotine amendements
Posted on May 21, 2020 by Colin
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH has asked the medicines regulator (the Therapeutic Goods Administration) to amend the guidelines for nicotine in the Poisons Standard. However, the proposed changes miss the opportunity to correct a glaring inconsistency in nicotine regulation. Nicotine in… Read more

Aussie vapers now able to get nicotine prescriptions
Posted on April 26, 2020 by Colin
AUSTRALIAN doctors are now providing nicotine prescriptions when suitable for smokers who cannot quit with conventional treatments and choose to vape. A list of GPs who provide this service is available on the ATHRA website. Consultations can be provided face-to-face,… Read more

New report shows nicotine vaping will save lives
Posted on October 9, 2019 by
The Australia Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA) has welcomed the recommendations of a new report by ASH New Zealand and End Smoking New Zealand which highlights the potential for nicotine vaping to rapidly reduce population smoking rates. The report which… Read more

New evidence that vaping nicotine is an effective quitting aid and is not linked to the US lung disease outbreak
Posted on September 6, 2019 by
New evidence that vaping nicotine is an effective quitting aid and is not linked to the US lung disease outbreak The Australia Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (ATHRA) has welcomed findings from a large New Zealand study from the University of… Read more

Outbreak of lung illness in the US not due to vaping nicotine
Posted on August 21, 2019 by Colin
The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is investigating an outbreak of severe lung disease affecting over two hundred patients in several US states and the death of two people which 'have been linked to vaping'. What is causing this… Read more

Doctors who prescribe nicotine. We need YOU!
Posted on April 15, 2019 by Colin
Do you know of any doctors who write nicotine prescriptions for vaping? Please send us their details. ATHRA gets many requests from smokers who want to switch to vaping legally but are unable to get a nicotine prescription. We are… Read more

Vaping more effective than nicotine replacement therapy, major study finds
Posted on January 31, 2019 by
Nicotine vaporisers (e-cigarettes) are almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy at helping smokers to quit, according to a game-changing study of nearly 900 smokers in the UK. The randomised controlled trial found that 18% of those using a… Read more

Vaping nearly twice as effective as nicotine replacement therapy, study finds
Posted on January 31, 2019 by Colin
Vaping nicotine is almost twice as effective as nicotine replacement products like the patch and gum at helping smokers to quit, according to a game-changing study of nearly 900 treatment-seeking smokers in the UK. The randomised controlled trial found that… Read more

Very low nicotine cigarettes only effective if vaping available
Posted on July 27, 2018 by Colin
Combustible tobacco could be relegated to the ashtray of history one day if health authorities in the US manage to push through unprecedented and highly controversial rules limiting nicotine in standard cigarettes. The US Food and Drug Administration appears committed… Read more

It is legal to import nicotine into Queensland
Posted on July 9, 2018 by Colin
Queensland vapers can now be reassured that it is legal to import and use nicotine e-liquid if holding a prescription. After repeated challenges by ATHRA, Queensland Health has now admitted that importation of nicotine to stop smoking is legal under the TGA Personal… Read more

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