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In glad The Greens insisted on rrmiving the need for.adults to need a prescription lifted to access vapes with the new laws and presceirotion only only is reserved for minors.
Addiction is a health issue not a policing issie ffs
If they are concerned about deaths they could stop building so many fuckibg roads and get better PT and cycle ways so we use less cars. 11,000 estimated deaths a year from car pollution, not a fucking dicky bird
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-24/air-pollution-modelling-university-of-melbourne-traffic/102015778
They aren't concerned with deaths, this legislation positions the most harmful and most physically addictive nicotine option as relatively more accessible.
They aren't concerned with nicotine addiction, else NRT gum wouldn't be allowed to stock within reach of children in retail outlets.
They're just NIMBY's, there's nothing else to it.