Kyle Sandilands has criticized rival radio host David “Hughesy” Hughes over his anti-vaping stance as the government launches a campaign to stop young people using the illegal devices.
The 52-year-old KIIS FM radio host called out Hughesy, 53, for offering to promote the anti-vaping campaign on his 2DayFM breakfast show Hughesy, Ed and Erin.
He explained how Hughesy and his co-host Erin Molan have offered to promote the campaign by running free commercials on their radio station.
“Over there at 2dayFM they've lost track. “We do some ridiculous things but we wouldn't do that. “It’s pathetic,” Kyle said.
“It’s not heroin, Hughesy, it’s bubblegum vape.”
Kyle Sandilands has criticized his rival co-host David “Hughesy” Hughes over his anti-vaping stance as the Government launches a campaign to stop young people using the illegal devices
Kyle then called the 2day FM radio station live on air and asked them not to promote the anti-vaping campaign.
“Don't do an anti-vaping campaign.” “You're a flop, don't do something like that… It's not a heroin dog, it's a vape,” he said.
Hughesy shocked listeners on Thursday when he offered to take part in a NSW anti-vaping campaign for free to warn the public about the dangers.
The veteran presenter was chatting to New South Wales Health Minister Ryan Park on his radio show when he made the surprise offer.
“I have officially and forever quit vaping.” It wasn't easy, but I did it. “I will make this public, I will if you have me,” he began.
Hughes revealed that he had previously been offered a large sum of money to support an anti-vaping campaign and turned it down because he was still using e-cigarettes at the time.
“I have decided to take a higher moral standpoint. “I said no to money because morally I couldn’t really run these campaigns while I was still vaping,” he explained.
Mr Park later said in a statement that he was seriously considering Hughesy's offer and would work hard to “get the ball rolling”.
“If it can convince even a few people to get help or stop them from starting vaping, I think that's a big win,” he said.
The 52-year-old KIIS FM radio host called out Hughesy, 53, for offering to promote the anti-vaping campaign on his 2day FM radio station
The sale of nicotine vapes has been illegal since 2021 under laws introduced by the previous Morrison government, but many retailers brazenly continue to sell them illegally.
In an attempt to address shortcomings in previous legislation and crack down on the supply of e-cigarettes in convenience stores, the Albanian government's Health Minister Mark Butler imposed a nationwide import ban on disposable e-cigarettes on January 1 introduced.
They will work with teen influencers in an anti-vaping campaign to discourage young people from using the devices.
Mr Butler said 360,000 e-cigarettes worth almost $11 million had been seized since the nationwide ban on disposable vapes was introduced on January 1.
Kyle then called the 2day FM radio station live on air and asked them not to promote the anti-vaping campaign
The government's current crackdown is exacerbated by the increasing number of underage Australians having access to e-cigarettes and young non-smokers choosing to vape.
“Vaping has been sold to governments and communities around the world as a therapeutic product to help long-term smokers quit,” Butler said in an address to the National Press Club in May 2023.
“It wasn't sold as a recreational product and certainly not as a product for our children. “That's what it has become.”
Mr Butler criticized the previous coalition government, saying it had not been strict enough in regulating e-cigarette imports while creating excessive hurdles for smokers wanting to apply for a legal prescription.
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