Warnings on individual cigarettes, health inserts inside packs and the banning of flavours are among a raft of new "world-leading" changes proposed by the federal government in a new bid to crack down on smoking.
Health Minister Mark Butler has shot down suggestions the sales and use of e-cigarettes be regulated similar to tobacco products, saying it would "normalise" the practice.
One of the country's leading tobacco control experts has called for the total ban of all vaping products around the country as uptake among the nation's youth soars.
Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products.
More than a third of Australian primary school teachers and staff say some of their students vape, an alarming new study into e-cigarettes' in schools has revealed.