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> potentially soon there will be banning of tobacco sales to people born before a point in time year (2005 maybe?) so they're never allowed to smoke Minor typo

> potentially soon there will be banning of tobacco sales to people born before a point in time year (2005 maybe?) so they're never allowed to smoke Minor typo: the ban will be for people born after a particular year, not before.

behnamoh 4y ago
easier to enforce such laws in a low populated country such as Australia than in places like the US.
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  Australians generally live in big dense cities. In fact, this is probably why the ban will work, they are also more into rule of law than the USA is. Also, vaping in Australia is illegal, making the ban even more impressive.
  - justinclift 4y ago
    > illegal Don't you mean "legal"?
    - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      No, illegal as in “vaping is not allowed at all in Australia.”
      - justinclift 4y ago
        Thanks, didn't realise that'd been made illegal as well. eg: https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws-are-changing https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws... Good. :)
        nl 4y ago
        Vaping is still legal. It's just illegal to import nicotine based vapes.
  - nl 4y ago
    > Also, vaping in Australia is illegal, I assure that it isn't. (I'm Australian)
    - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      https://lungfoundation.com.au/lung-health/protecting-your-lungs/e-cigarettes-and-vaping/ https://lungfoundation.com.au/lung-health/protecting-your-lu...
      - nl 4y ago
        I'm not saying it's good! But it isn't illegal. The closest thing is that imports of nicotine vape products has been banned[1]. But you can still get them with a prescription and - more importantly - vaping itself is still legal with non-nicotine products. For example [2] is a story about how sweet flavored vapes are popular with schoolkids. [1] https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws-are-changing https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws... [2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/qld-ecigarettes-vapes-on-rise-school-children/100240796 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/qld-ecigarettes-vapes...
- rightbyte 4y ago
  Why? Less population density means more places are without authority presence.
justinclift 4y ago
Oops, yeah. :)

behnamoh 4y ago

easier to enforce such laws in a low populated country such as Australia than in places like the US.

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
Australians generally live in big dense cities. In fact, this is probably why the ban will work, they are also more into rule of law than the USA is. Also, vaping in Australia is illegal, making the ban even more impressive.
- justinclift 4y ago
  > illegal Don't you mean "legal"?
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    No, illegal as in “vaping is not allowed at all in Australia.”
    - justinclift 4y ago
      Thanks, didn't realise that'd been made illegal as well. eg: https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws-are-changing https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws... Good. :)
      - nl 4y ago
        Vaping is still legal. It's just illegal to import nicotine based vapes.
- nl 4y ago
  > Also, vaping in Australia is illegal, I assure that it isn't. (I'm Australian)
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    https://lungfoundation.com.au/lung-health/protecting-your-lungs/e-cigarettes-and-vaping/ https://lungfoundation.com.au/lung-health/protecting-your-lu...
    - nl 4y ago
      I'm not saying it's good! But it isn't illegal. The closest thing is that imports of nicotine vape products has been banned[1]. But you can still get them with a prescription and - more importantly - vaping itself is still legal with non-nicotine products. For example [2] is a story about how sweet flavored vapes are popular with schoolkids. [1] https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws-are-changing https://www.tga.gov.au/blogs/tga-topics/nicotine-vaping-laws... [2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/qld-ecigarettes-vapes-on-rise-school-children/100240796 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-25/qld-ecigarettes-vapes...
rightbyte 4y ago
Why? Less population density means more places are without authority presence.

justinclift 4y ago

Oops, yeah. :)