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Dr Colin Mendelsohn- University of Sydney Graduate
A more consumer-friendly regulatory model with government support could dramatically reduce smoking rates in Australia

Pippa Starr
May 8


Stop Smoking Start Vaping
Download Free Copy Vaping is the most popular and most effective aid for quitting smoking. However, it is poorly understood and there is...

Colin Mendelsohn
Dec 15, 2024


Striking parallels between Australia’s response to COVID-19 and vaping
YESTERDAY MARK BUTLER REPORTED on the damning findings of Australia’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic . Yet, despite these...

Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 30, 2024


Professor Wayne Hall dissects Australia’s vaping failure
EMERITUS PROFESSOR WAYNE HALL, one of Australia’s leading researchers in the field of alcohol and drugs has reviewed Australia’s policy...

Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 28, 2024


New regulations for pharmacy vape sales are a resounding failure
A NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF PHARMACIES has revealed that the new regulations intended to make low-nicotine vapes (≤20mg/mL nicotine) available...

Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 20, 2024


Prescription vapes are available from online pharmacies in Australia
DESPITE SOME INITIAL CONFUSION and misleading messaging, adult Australian vapers can legally purchase nicotine e-liquids from online...

Colin Mendelsohn
Oct 11, 2024


Navigating Australia’s new pharmacy-only vaping rules – a guide for vapers
FROM TOMORROW, 1 OCTOBER 2024, some vaping devices and low dose e-liquid (up to 20mg/mL nicotine) will be available in Australia without...

Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 30, 2024


Mark Butler’s flawed vaping legislation begins to unravel
A SENATE COMMITTEE has issued a notice to disallow the Vaping Reforms Bill, formally known as the Therapeutic Goods Legislation Amendment...

Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 30, 2024


Why Tasmanian dentists need to brush up on vaping
To the President, ADA Tasmania branch Dear Dr McCracken, I am writing this open letter to you about the recent ADA Tasmania media...

Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 25, 2024


The AMA’s dangerous misinformation campaign on vaping continues
THE TASMANIAN BRANCH OF THE AMA (Australian Medical Association) issued a media release yesterday criticising an opinion piece by...

Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 17, 2024


Another day, another alarmist and misleading gateway study
ONCE AGAIN, AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS have jumped on the bandwagon, making alarmist claims that vaping causes young people to start smoking....

Colin Mendelsohn
Sep 14, 2024


National Heart Foundation slams vaping with flawed evidence
THE NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION (NHF) has recently intensified its attack on vaping, claiming that “e-cigarettes and vaping are damaging to...

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 31, 2024


Victorian Parliamentary inquiry into vaping: a missed opportunity for public health
THE REPORT FROM THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY into vaping was handed down today. It was a huge disappointment for vapers, and...

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 30, 2024


Everything you need to know about vaping. FAQ
IF YOU ARE LOOKING for comprehensive, easy-to-read and fully referenced information on vaping, please visit the FAQs page on my website ....

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 21, 2024


My interview with Alternative Magazine
THANK YOU TO ALTERNATIVE MAGAZINE for publishing this interview with me. It covers some of my work and my views on tobacco harm...

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 16, 2024


Does vaping cause cardiovascular disease?
WHILE VAPING MAY POSE A RISK of cardiovascular harm, such as heart attacks or strokes, there is currently no definitive evidence to...

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 14, 2024


A missed opportunity: the NSW Parliamentary report on vaping falls short
LAST WEEK, THE NSW PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY into vaping regulation released its long-awaited report . The result was predictable and...

Colin Mendelsohn
Aug 12, 2024


A media-generated moral panic drives the vape debate
AN ANALYSIS OF AUSTRALIAN NEWS STORIES has exposed the media’s role in creating a moral panic about youth vaping. The resulting outrage...

Colin Mendelsohn
Jul 25, 2024


10 reasons why the new pharmacy vape model will fail
FROM 1 OCTOBER 2024, vapes and e-liquids (with or without nicotine) will be classified as Schedule 3 medicines and will be legally...

Colin Mendelsohn
Jul 24, 2024


Prohibition never works – criminals simply adapt to increased enforcement
AUSTRALIA NEEDS A REGULATED RETAIL MARKET for vapes like New Zealand. Prohibition never works and criminals adapt to increased...

Colin Mendelsohn
Jul 17, 2024

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