Health minister ‘deadly serious’ about enforcing new laws as vapes ban kicks in

From today, it is illegal to sell vapes other than for therapeutic reasons and fines of up to $2.2m and jail time of up to seven years may apply to those who flout the government’s new laws. Mark Butler, the minister for health and aged care, has stressed to business owners that selling vapes outside a pharmacy setting is banned and the government is ‘deadly serious’ about enforcing the laws