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From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of Canberra's little-known 'homework police'

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
From October, it will be all but impossible for most Australians to vape — largely because of Canberra's little-known 'homework police'Steven Senne/AP

After a misstep, it’s about to become illegal to import e-cigarettes without a prescription, which means that, for most Australians, it’ll become all but impossible to vape from October 1.

The misstep tells us a lot about how the Australian government works behind the scenes — most of it good.

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