Sydney Morning Herald article

[ausfost]

Australia could become the first major nation to outlaw smoking tobacco, with a federal government-funded trial about to test the viability of electronic cigarettes as a safer, permanent replacement for tobacco.
highly unlikely to be a "fact based" piece of journalism but it would be interesting

Read more: www.smh.com.au/national/health/ban-considered-as-trial-tests-if-vapour-safer-20130914-2trj1.html

[Perpetua]

Didn't Australia ban the sale of nicotine based eliquid, or am I getting my countries confused.


www.juicewhore.com/store/ . . . .


All of our juices contain zero (0) Nicotine inline with Australian regulations

[barrynorton]

Sept 18, 2013 13:40:03 GMT Perpetua said:

Didn't Australia ban the sale of nicotine based eliquid, or am I getting my countries confused.

As the article says:

"users are forced to order their nicotine from overseas because it remains classified as a 'dangerous poison' that can only be sold under licence"

[Perpetua]

Sept 18, 2013 13:44:52 GMT barrynorton said:

Sept 18, 2013 13:40:03 GMT Perpetua said:

Didn't Australia ban the sale of nicotine based eliquid, or am I getting my countries confused.

As the article says:

"users are forced to order their nicotine from overseas because it remains classified as a 'dangerous poison' that can only be sold under licence"

Maybe they'll have a re-think on that then if they want to become a tobacco free country . . . or they'll just continue to make it as difficult as possible for people to get a nicotine fix.

[ausfost]

i believe the article is a bit of a "non-story", dreamed up by a desperate journo, although it is a positive take on e-cigs for a change in a national paper.

also tried googling the Wizard Evolved DA20 mod as it sounded interesting but can't find anything

[NickIcon]

Sept 18, 2013 13:58:40 GMT ausfost said:

also tried googling the Wizard Evolved DA20 mod as it sounded interesting but can't find anything

It's a titanium VV/VW mod: markbugs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=20&product_id=57

[Deleted]

If this nanny state interference continues, I am emigrating to China ... Isn't it ironic that a communist state gives more personal freedom of choice to it's citizens than many so called democracies ???