vaping Cancer council Health bosses push for vaping bill to pass [Video]

Health bosses claim more than 1000 teenagers every week will start vaping if federal parliament delays the vaping bill.

It would mean from July 1, therapeutic vapes will be only available with a prescription from a GP or prescribing nurse.

Then, from October 1, those same vapes will be available from a pharmacy after talking with a pharmacist.

The revamped laws will pass the Senate with the support of the Greens, who said vaping shouldn’t be criminalised or require a prescription.

The Coalition, which hasn’t revealed how it would vote on the laws, labelled the move a “backdown”.

The group of health advocates say new modelling predicts an additional 1185 teenagers aged 12 to 19 will take up the habit each week the law is delayed.

Lung Foundation Australia CEO Mark Brooke said while the bill is “not …