New laws aim to curb the use of vapes among young people, but concerns are already being raised about websites aiming to get around them
In a recent three-week period, a major Western Australian hospital treated a teenager suffering seizures after vaping too much nicotine, a toddler with cardiac issues after drinking e-cigarette liquid, and a death attributed to drinking e-cigarette liquid.
It is cases like these which public health physician Prof Emily Banks hopes will be prevented through new vaping laws which came into effect on Friday.
They mean nicotine-containing vaping products can only be obtained via a prescription from a doctor.
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