Radio host Kyle Sandilands has weighed in on the federal government’s plan to put warning labels on individual cigarettes.
Under tobacco regulations, warning messages including “poison in every puff”, “harm your lungs”, “cause 16 cancers”, “shorten your life” and “toxic addiction” must be printed on each cigarette before April 2025.
Sandilands, a prodigious smoker, said the new measures were redundant and claimed that all smokers are already aware that cigarettes damage their health.
“What a waste of time,” Kyle spat.
‘We all know that smoking is not good for us. “We still choose to do it because it is not illegal.”
News anchor Brooklyn Ross added that seeing the message disappear while smoking the cigarette could have the opposite effect.
“What will be a little uncomfortable is that as you smoke, the person next to you will see the message slowly disappear as you smoke it,” he said.
Clearly taken aback by recent events, a grumpy Kyle replied: “I don’t give a damn what anyone thinks.”
Radio host Kyle Sandilands has weighed in on the federal government’s plan to put warning labels on individual cigarettes.
Kyle’s comments come after strict new rules come into force to stamp out smoking.
The regulatory guidelines were published in October 2024 and gave manufacturers five months to meet the April 2025 deadline.
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said retailers will have a three-month transition period.
Under tobacco regulations, warning messages including “poison in every puff”, “damage your lungs”, “causes 16 cancers”, “shorten your life” and “toxic addiction” must be printed on each cigarette before April 2025.
“What a waste of time,” Kyle spat. ‘We all know that smoking is not good for us. We still choose to do it because it is not illegal.
Butler said retailers will have a three-month transition period to sell existing stock.
But industry sources told the Daily Telegraph that manufacturers will need more time to be able to renew their supply chains in time to produce the new cigarettes required by the government.
If manufacturers fail to meet the deadline, Australia could face a situation where legal cigarettes are not available in stores.
National Senator Matt Canavan warned the government there was a “clear and understandable risk” of people turning to illegal cigarettes as a result of the legislation.
Currently, cigarette packs in Australia must display health warnings on the front, back and side of the pack.
Kyle is unlikely to heed the new warnings, as the shock jock revealed in 2020 that he has been known to light up in the shower. Kyle is pictured with his wife Teagan Kynaston and son Otto.
Currently, cigarette packs in Australia must display health warnings on the front, back and side of the pack.
The warnings, which also include gruesome images, must cover at least 75 percent of the front and 90 percent of the back of the package.
Kyle is unlikely to heed the new warnings, as the shock jock revealed in 2020 that he has been known to light up in the shower.
“It’s not that hard because I’ve got the ashtray sticking out of the wall,” he told co-host Jackie O Henderson.
Jackie jokingly informed him, “Kyle, that’s your soap dish, not an ashtray, and you know it.”
This wasn’t the first time Kyle spoke out about his unhealthy habit of smoking in the bathroom.
“It’s not the best way to smoke, but smoking in the shower is something completely different.” previously revealed on his radio show.
