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Speaker 1: Jersey and Amanda jam Nation.

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Speaker 2: More than three and a half million Australians aged fourteen

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Speaker 2: and over smoke or vape. It's amazing, isn't it, and

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Speaker 2: rates are increasing among younger people. The Men's government wants

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Speaker 2: to do something about it, so today they are announcing

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Speaker 2: they will be committing six point eight million dollars on

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Speaker 2: the crackdown of illegal vaping. What does it mean for

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Speaker 2: retailers and consumers. Well, here to give us the information

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Speaker 2: we need is a Health Minister for New South Wales,

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Speaker 2: Ryan Park.

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Speaker 3: Welcome, good morning, Undie and Amanda.

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Speaker 1: Ryan, great to talk to you.

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Speaker 2: Can I start by saying what's illegal vaping versus legal?

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Speaker 3: Well, essentially, what people shouldn't be doing is vaping or

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Speaker 3: buying vapes that have nicotine unless it's through a chemist.

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Speaker 3: And that's really really important because what we do know

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Speaker 3: research shows is that unfortunately close to ninety percent of

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Speaker 3: vapes that have been seized in those small retailers that

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Speaker 3: we see around the city and around New South Wales

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Speaker 3: have nicotine and that means that young people can very

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Speaker 3: quickly get addicted, which is what is occurring, and that's

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Speaker 3: a huge problem for not only them, but also parents

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Speaker 3: and the broader community.

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Speaker 1: Who owns vapes. It's cigarette companies do they manufacture vapes

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Speaker 1: because they're obviously cigarettes are their clientele are dying out.

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Speaker 3: So coming through a variety of different sources. Obviously you

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Speaker 3: can get these things online. People have found ways in

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Speaker 3: which to make their own. Obviously retailers are doing it

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Speaker 3: as well in terms of the production of them. What

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Speaker 3: we need to do is work with the comdomn of

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Speaker 3: to crack down on those illegal vapes coming into New

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Speaker 3: South Wales at the border and then when if they

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Speaker 3: do get in here. What my role is and what

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Speaker 3: I've said to New South Wales Health we need to

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Speaker 3: get better at is cracking down on the retailers who

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Speaker 3: are illegally selling them, often to young people. We just

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Speaker 3: simply can't afford to sit by and watch this happen.

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Speaker 3: I know that many parents locally in my own community,

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Speaker 3: in my own street, raised big concerns on behalf of

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Speaker 3: their family with me about this, and we need to

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Speaker 3: try and get in front of it.

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Speaker 2: For a while, people thought vaping was a healthier option

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Speaker 2: than smoking tobacco because it didn't have all those other

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Speaker 2: poisons in it. But that's a misconception, isn't it, Because vaping,

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Speaker 2: apart from the addictive quality, is very bad for you.

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Speaker 3: What's extremely bad for you. In fact, what we've found

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Speaker 3: in some of the vapes that we've seized is the

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Speaker 3: same product anti freeze that you would put in your

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Speaker 3: motor vehicle. I mean, these are dangerous products with very

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Speaker 3: harmful chemicals and substances in them. We need to make

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Speaker 3: sure that these are controlled through a prescription through a

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Speaker 3: pharmacist in a way that is trying to get people

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Speaker 3: off nicotine and off smoking. But simply having them available

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Speaker 3: to young people on every street corner isn't going to

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Speaker 3: do it, and it's going to cause those young people harm,

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Speaker 3: and it's a big concern for families and parents.

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Speaker 1: Has vaping been proven as they stop smoking aid?

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Speaker 3: It's certainly evidence is a little bit out on that.

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Speaker 3: It certainly appears and some people to help. And that's

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Speaker 3: why the pharmaceutical or prescription model is the way we're going,

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Speaker 3: where people who are trying to quit smoking can get

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Speaker 3: still access these cigarettes or vaping in a controlled way.

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Speaker 3: But what we know it doesn't do. It doesn't help

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Speaker 3: young people. And given the fact that we've seized many

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Speaker 3: of these substances, and many of these products, and the

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Speaker 3: vast majority of them have nicotine and other harmful substances

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Speaker 3: in them. We've got to get on top of it,

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Speaker 3: and I believe we've got to do more. And the

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Speaker 3: part of this investment we're announcing today is to get

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Speaker 3: that underway.

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Speaker 2: Terrifying for parents, and you know that everywhere you look,

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Speaker 2: the kids vaping. It's horrific.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's good. Just think it was harmless steam and

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Speaker 1: no one's saying, who's smoking Andy freezing? Wow. Well, good

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Speaker 1: on you, Ryan, thank you for joining.

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Speaker 3: Us, Thanks a lot for having us.

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Speaker 1: Good luck with that, Ryan park Our, Health Ministerday