With teenage addiction to e-cigarettes on the rise, Australia is set to ban recreational vaping. Calling it a public health menace, the country’s health minister Mark Butler said that the habit was creating a ‘new generation of nicotine addicts’. But it’s not Australia alone, several nations are battling this epidemic among children
According to a preliminary report by the University of Cape Town, more than 25% of matric pupils have been found to be vaping due to high levels of stress. The number of pupils who vape has been rising rapidly since a survey in 2016 found that just 2.9% of teens between 15-19 were vaping.