Picking up stompies: An unusual parenting style

Published on


Add Smile FM on Google

Smile Breakfast had a conversation about a recent increase in teenagers experimenting with vaping. They caught up with UCT’s Prof Richard van Zyl-Smit who explained that there are a lot of concerns about his departments reports of a sharp rise in matric students using vapes. Listeners called in and shared their thoughts on how to approach the topic with their kids, but a particular call caught us off-guard. When it comes to cigarettes, this is definitely not recommended:

Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange
Phil de Lange is the producer of the Ryan O'Connor Breakfast show and has been with Smile 90.4FM since it's inception in 2013. Through his work on the breakfast show he has won two national radio awards. He has been in broadcasting for 15 years and has honed his talent at 6 different radio stations. Outside of radio he is also a podcast producer and award winning stand-up comedian.

Latest articles

Local filmmakers flip the script on A.I.

South African production company .and Films made national and international headlines with 'This Is How The World Ends'. This would be director Rob dos...

Neon Dreams teams up with 4KORNERS and SEJO ILAW to inject some Afro-house flavour into a classic

Long before joining Neon Dreams, Frank Kadillac was just a kid in the back seat of his mom's car, turning up the radio whenever...

Another R50 000 goes to one lucky listener

It's the fifth time it has happened this year - we just made another listener R50 000 richer! Grant correctly identified Ryan's R50 000...