Recent measures cracking down on e-cigarettes are much needed, teachers and public health experts say.
"The horse has bolted now, they are addicted," says Chris, a high school teacher in New South Wales.He sees the effect of the candy-flavoured, nicotine-packed e-cigarettes on young minds every day, with children even vaping in class.
The number of vaping teenagers in Australia has soared in recent years and authorities say it is the "number one behavioural issue" in schools across the country. Some countries continue to promote them with public health initiatives to help cigarette smokers switch to a less deadly habit.to hand out free vaping starter kits to one million smokers in England to get smoking rates below 5% by 2030.
Experts warn not enough is known about the long-term health effects. But some alarming data has already been drawn out.In 2020, US health authorities identified more than 2,800 cases of e-cigarette or vaping-related lung injury. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found 68 deaths attributed to that injury.
"Whichever way teenagers obtain e-cigarettes, they are all illegal, yet it's happening under the noses of federal and state authorities", report author and Cancer Council chair Anita Dessaix said. But these new measures are not actually all that drastic, says public health physician Professor Emily Banks from the Australian National University.
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