Australia has some of the most draconian anti-smoking laws in the world. Like most public health puritans, Mark Butler doesn’t think this goes far enough. Not content with regulating personal lifestyle choices out of existence, Labor wants to ban people from vaping.

Vapes or e-cigarettes containing nicotine are already illegal without a doctor’s prescription, but legal loopholes and black market imports from China have made a wide range of products available both online and under the counter in thousands of convenience stores across Australia.

So what’s the point? Butler has already won the battle against nicotine.