New research suggests that the increase in vaping across Australia will cost the health system an extra $180 million each year and that’s a conservative figure.
Vaping has been framed as a way to stop smoking tobacco, however it can also be a gateway to taking it up. It’s estimated that 13 per cent of people who vape transition to cigarettes.
The Australian government has called vapes a public health menace and introduced restrictive anti-vaping policies. But are these policies intended to drive positive change giving rise to a dangerous black-market?
Guests:
Professor Louisa Collins, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Dr James Martin, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
Becky Freeman, Associate Professor of Public Health, Sydney University
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The Economics of Daylight Saving: It’s All In The Timing
Choconomics: The Rising Cost Of Chocolate
Inheritocracy: The lasting generational advantages of home ownership
Sharing the Benefits of Innovation
The Cost of Wage Theft
Market Concentration of the Beer Industry
The Economic Cost of Illiteracy
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The Cost of Loyalty Programs
Climate Change Costs
Supermarket prices
Influence of the consulting industry and the long view
Different generations talking about future generations
Subscriptions, drip pricing and the cost of returning online shopping
The cost of tertiary education
The cost of live music
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