AMA members are concerned about the harmful effects of vaping, which include seizures, nicotine poisoning and brain development issues.

The AMA Federal Council has acted on the concern of members regarding the health risks of vaping.

At its meeting earlier this month Federal Council passed a motion demanding stronger regulatory measures to curb the proliferation of recreational non-nicotine vaping products, which include but are not limited to: implementing similar regulation to tobacco products, such as health warnings, better labelling, plain packaging and tobacco licences