What The Media Say - December 2024 To February 2025
- Pippa Starr
- Feb 28
- 29 min read
Updated: Jun 14
This page analyses what is said about Australian vaping and tobacco harm reduction in the media, including what may be published in journals and by influencers.
This will help to hold the media accountable to report accurately and sensibly.
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Media Sentiment Score (Dec '24 - Feb '25):
Positive | 8 |
Neutral | 11 |
Negative | 10 |
February 2025:
26 February 2025 Smoking Death Rate Higher Than Thought
24 February 2025 3AW Mark Butler Interview
24 February 2025 - 1044 Illicit Tobacco Stores In Victoria
22 February 2025 - Fiona Patten CTA Feature
20 February 2025 - How Illegal Tobacco Is Enticing Smokers
19 February 2025 - Ipswich Crackdown On Vapes
19 February 2025 - Experts Say Tobacco Fuelling Crime
18 February 2025 - Innocent Women's Death In Firebombing
17 February 2025 - Promising Signs Teen Reforms Are Working
17 February 2025 - This Bad Habit Could Give Your Kids Cancer
14 February 2025 - Ben Youdan - 100's Of 1000's Switching To Vaping
13 February 2025 - Cancer Council 25 Year Smoking Crusade
13 February 2025 - QLD Gov Spends $2M On Bin Fires
12 February 2025 - Less Restrictive Vaping Laws = Faster Smoking Decline
10 February 2025 - Why Banning Vapes Is Not The Answer
10 February 2025 - Not Till 2026 Vic Tobacco Laws To Be Enforced
January 2025:
31 January 2025 - Caroline Miller From SAHMRI On Radio
30 January 2025 - Tobacco Taxes At Nine Year Low
28 January 2025 - QLD Laws Used For First Time
25 January 2025 - Vic's Turf War Bill Tops $70 Million
22 January 2025 - Wodak Vs Chapman Podcast
11 January 2025 - Bikie Gangs Tobacco & Vapes War Involvement
2 January 2025 - IGA Loses $150M In Tobacco Sales
2024
December 2024:
18 December 2024 - $2 Mill Vapes Seized In Perth
11 December 2024 - Butler adds $107 Mill On Vape Enforcement
10 December 2024 - Only 3500 Vapes Sold In Chemists
April 2024:
12 April 2024 - Better To Vape Than Smoke NSW Inquiry Told
2023
May 2023:
15 May 2023 - Question Marks Over Vaping Reforms
3 May 2023 - Australia Bans Non-Prescription Vaping Expert Reaction
April 2023:
17 April 2023 - Research on Vaping Pregnancy
