Health minister Mark Butler accuses Nationals of trying to normalise vaping with ‘silly policy’
by Melissa Davey Medical editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6A1Z4)
Federal health minister says his predecessor was unable to enact stronger border controls because he was rolled' by his party room
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The Nationals silly policy" around vaping reform seeks to normalise vapes", the health minister Mark Butler said on Wednesday, flagging strong border controls to stop the importation of vapes and help address youth vaping.
Speaking to ABC radio on Wednesday morning, Butler said that attempts to tighten vaping imports by the former health minister Greg Hunt never got through because he was rolled by his own party room, frankly, because there are a whole lot of pro-vaping members of his caucus".
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