SCHOOLS —
ANTI-VAPING TOOLKIT
501. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to an article in The West
Australian of Friday, 10 June 2022, titled ''WA Government hoping
new scare campaign will teach kids the real dangers of vaping''.
(1) What is the
total cost of the campaign and how much funding is the Department of Education
providing?
(2) What was the total cost to
produce the WA Schools Anti-Vaping Toolkit, version 8?
(3) Will the
Department of Education have any input into the second phase of the campaign,
which includes a digital component to target teenagers?
(4) What
materials and training will schools receive, and will all teachers and staff at
schools have access to the materials and training?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. In addition to the information that is provided in
answer to his specific questions, I make the point that I do not accept the
premise of that headline—that it is a scare campaign. It is
deliberately considered, based on health advice that was developed in New South
Wales and is currently used by the New South
Wales departments of health and education, working together. I consider it a
factual education campaign; I do not accept that it is a scare campaign. Having
said that, some of the ingredients in vaping devices are not good for anyone.
(1) To date, the campaign has been
delivered through existing department resources.
(2) The cost of producing the WA
School Anti-Vaping Toolkit is estimated at $50 000.
(3) Yes. The Department of Education
will continue to work closely with the Department of Health.
(4) All teachers and staff will have access to the
following materials and training: general background information on e-cigarettes and vaping; a teaching and
learning resource aligned to the Western Australian curriculum; an anti-vaping toolkit, comprising fact sheets,
posters and newsletter content; information for young people, parents and carers and schools; and a recorded
professional learning presentation for school staff, developed in
collaboration with the Department of Health and the Cancer Council of WA.