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* Availability hinges on authorised prescriber, special access, or personal importation scheme. | * Availability hinges on authorised prescriber, special access, or personal importation scheme. | ||
* TGA has a [https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/resource/guidance/authorised-prescribers-unapproved-nicotine-vaping-products list of authorised prescribers] (GPs). | * TGA has a [https://www.tga.gov.au/resources/resource/guidance/authorised-prescribers-unapproved-nicotine-vaping-products list of authorised prescribers] (GPs). | ||
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=== PRI: Position on Vaping / Harm Reduction === | |||
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* Today’s cigarattes are more difficult to quit. Standard treatment has a noticeable failure rate. | |||
* Physicians misperceive the relative risks of nicotine in comparison to combustion. | |||
* NVPs are a legal alternative, 20 times less harmful than continued smoking. | |||
* Switching measurably reduces harm, and might even help even those not intending to quit. | |||
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