The illegal sale of nicotine-filled vapes is increasing as the black-market storefronts supplying them flourish in Queensland amid confusion over authorities' power to crack down on the crime.
Review lead author Emily Banks, from the ANU National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, said the evidence showed "e-cigarettes carry significant harms".
A law enforcement officer who spoke to the ABC on the condition of anonymity said there was "no oversight, strategic guidance and tangible response to deal with the noted increase in the number of storefronts selling illegal tobacco and vapes".Jurisdictional confusion at raids Government sources said the ATO refused to seize the vapes as the product was outside its jurisdiction.
"This includes liaising with stakeholders on strategies to promote smoking-product compliance and collaborating with the Queensland Police Service and the Australian Taxation Office to target unlawful cultivation and sale of illegal tobacco,'' the spokesperson said in a statement.
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