The latest communique released by the intergovernmental Ministerial Drug and Alcohol Forum notes that Health Ministers discussed the growing evidence from both Australia and overseas implicating e-cigarettes in a range of harms to population health.

“Broadly, this evidence concerns the direct harms e-cigarettes pose to human health, their impact on smoking initiation and cessation, uptake among youth and dual use with conventional tobacco products,” the communique states.

The Ministers agreed to monitor evidence as it emerges.