THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S medical, prescription-only model for nicotine vaping was introduced by Greg Hunt on 1 October 2021. After 12-months, it has been a resounding and predictable policy failure. [...] The regulations were intended to prevent youth vaping and to allow access for adult smokers as a smoking cessation aid. After 12 months, it is clear that they have only made things worse as predicted by ATHRA