Razors Edge

Vaping on the cheap is a problem

Image by Trần Tiến Lộc Đỗ from Pixabay. Thanks to doodleroy.

Despite laws against illicit trade in nicotine vapes introduced in 2024, consumers have turned to black-market outlets, buying imported low-cost vapes re-sold at high mark ups.

Twenty percent of the Australian population have used a vape at least once in 2023, prompting calls for tougher border controls and a stronger public health campaign.

Guest: Emily Stockings from the Matilda Centre and former AFP detective Rohan Pike

A new segment at Razors Edge: Over the spring semester this program will be airing many of the audio, such as this one, produced by Sound Journalism students at the University of Technology Sydney.