E-cigarettes
David LIMBRICK (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:27): Yet again our city finds itself in the middle of an organised crime war. Whilst we have apparently become accustomed to assassinations in the street, there is something new in this episode – arson attacks all over the city. There is also something else new – the products that they are fighting over. Our government’s continued failure to allow a regulated market for vaping combined with the federal government’s excessive tobacco taxes have created the perfect environment for organised crime to move in. Prohibition has failed, is failing and will continue to fail. The Australian Federal Police cannot even stop heroin and cocaine imports, so what hope do they have of stopping vapes? I implore the government to urgently legalise the adult market for vaping before we end up with yet another market expansion for organised crime in Victoria.