Warning over teens addiction to vaping
Children as young as 13 have asked for help for a vaping addiction, according to data from Quit Victoria, with one report telling of “kids selling vapes in the gym change rooms”.
News.com.au reports Quitline counsellors have been supporting parents and teenagers struggling with the startling rise in the popularity of e-cigarettes, or vapes, according to Quit Victoria.
And it’s a rise that Quit director Dr Sarah White has described as a “slow-motion train wreck”.
The website reported in the data compiled by the organisation, one 13-year-old said vaping was “endemic” at their school, and wanted support around being one of “the only two in the class not vaping”.
The child said they wanted their school to understand how serious the problem was, with “kids selling vapes in the gym change rooms”.
Read the full report here.
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