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Charyl Robinson: Vape Free Kids Co-Founder on misleading vape labelling · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: When you study in the medical journals found more than
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  Speaker 1: half of vape juices have been labeled with the wrong
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  Speaker 1: concentration of nicotine, but not in the way that you
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  Speaker 1: would think. It's with less nicotine than advertised, not more.
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  Speaker 1: They reckon this is a bad thing because it could
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  Speaker 1: mean that vapors vape more often or even revert to smoking.
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  Speaker 1: Cheryl Robinson is co founder of Vape Free Kids with
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  Speaker 1: Me This Morning.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, Cheryl, good morning, Ryan.
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  Speaker 1: Good to have you on the show. I thought this
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  Speaker 1: was surprising because you would think that they would load
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  Speaker 1: it with more nicotine so that you are more addicted.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think they've probably got a lot of money
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  Speaker 2: to find out.
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  Speaker 3: What works better to addict people.
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  Speaker 2: It's no surprise or no secret that we don't trust
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  Speaker 2: a lot of what this industry get up to. But
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  Speaker 2: it's very worrying to think that.
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  Speaker 3: There are irregularities on the labeling of their products and
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  Speaker 3: when what is actually contained in them, whether that's nicotine
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  Speaker 3: level or other chemicals that aren't stated, it's worrying.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think they're doing it on purpose? Do you
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  Speaker 1: think that they're purposely under cooking what the nicotine level
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  Speaker 1: is so that people will do it more often, therefore
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  Speaker 1: buy more product and also you know, get more addicted.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'm no expert on how the intricacies of how
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  Speaker 2: nicotine levels impact a person's addiction level, but what I
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  Speaker 2: have learned over the last few years that this industry
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  Speaker 2: don't do anything by accident. Everything they do is very intentional.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, we've we're neutral when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: adults of vaping, and it's it's hard. If this has
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  Speaker 2: been touted as a quit smoking tool, it makes it
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  Speaker 2: a bit difficult for those who are using it as
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  Speaker 2: such to be able to monitor their intake, the nicotine
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  Speaker 2: intake and use it effectively as a quick smoking tool.
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  Speaker 2: If they can't be confident there what is on the
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  Speaker 2: package is what they're actually getting. It's quite a precise,
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  Speaker 2: a precise thing to try and do to monitor your
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  Speaker 2: intake to give up an addiction. And even more worryingly
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  Speaker 2: for us, as children are our main concern here is
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  Speaker 2: there is no funded support for quitting vaping for use,
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  Speaker 2: and so there's families out there going it alone. And
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  Speaker 2: that's hard enough without not being able to have confidence
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  Speaker 2: on how much nicotina is in the product that you're
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  Speaker 2: using to try and wean your child off.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, because normally you kind of need to know what
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  Speaker 1: your dose is before you can start to taper your
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  Speaker 1: way off it. And if you don't know what your
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  Speaker 1: doses and that becomes very difficult. Cheryl, I appreciate your
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  Speaker 1: time this morning. Thanks for coming on the show. Cheryl Robinson,
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  Speaker 1: co founder of Vape Free Kids. For more from Early
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