Rise in vaping in children.

It really shocks me to see schoolchildren still in their uniforms looking only about 12-14 years vaping away. As you say where are they getting the money from and why are they allowed to purchase these things? I am in a group of litterpickers and we are finding the discarded vapes everywhere.

I’ve just had a look at the cost of vaping on this website

www.aquavape.co.uk/how-much-does-vaping-cost-uk/

It suggests somewhere between £327.99 - £177.99 annually.The lower figure is based on getting ‘deals’ or ‘clearance’ offers. The figure includes all the kit needed.

Disposable vapes seem to cost about £5 each or ‘5 for £20’ on this site
www.vapesuperstore.co.uk/collections/disposable-vape-kits

Many 13-15 year olds will have pocket money plus lunch money and maybe a clothing allowance as well as birthday and Christmas money. If they choose to spend their money on vaping there is not much a parent can do.

I can’t decide whether I am more worried about my grandchildren vaping or about the vast amount of junk food they buy 😳

I often drive past a school that is attended by children who have been expelled from main stream schooling.
The teachers are vaping outside with the children.

Teens generally use them without nicotine

So while it is a stupid fad, at least it isn't one that leads to life long addiction

I remember when the teachers and students were standing outside the school gates smoking

There is also the problem of county lines pond life getting children addicted to vapes. What happens next is obvious.
Last year my daughter was waiting outside a school. She could see what was going on so phoned the police. You could actually walk to the police station from where she was phoning.
No action, no call back from police. It’s still going on.

VioletSky
It’s not so much the nicotine that’s doing the most damage, it’s the chemicals in the battery.

A lot of them don't have nicotine

So hopefully they put them down when they realize how daft they look

Vaping is very much like smoking was. People weren’t addicted to smoking when they started. They started because they thought it looked clever or grown-up or made them part of the in crowd very much like vaping now. Except that the Vapes cost a lot more than the cigarettes did, even though they’re cheaper than cigarettes now.
In the OP, I simply wondered where they were getting the money from.

Vaping is the new smoking.
Nothing new in this world

Well yes but smoking wasnt the best plan in the world.

Interesting article on it here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65816244

VioletSky

Teens generally use them without nicotine

So while it is a stupid fad, at least it isn't one that leads to life long addiction

I remember when the teachers and students were standing outside the school gates smoking

It’s dangerous. A friend of mine who works for the NHS says vaping causes something called wet lung which is going to cause health problems.

I'm not advocating vaping

I'm just hopeful it doesn't lead to long term addiction

VioletSky

I'm not advocating vaping

I'm just hopeful it doesn't lead to long term addiction

From the comments by teens in many of the articles I've read, I think that ship has already sailed...

VioletSky

Teens generally use them without nicotine

So while it is a stupid fad, at least it isn't one that leads to life long addiction

I remember when the teachers and students were standing outside the school gates smoking

I don't mean to argue but my teenager GS tells his parents there is no nicotine in his, but there is. I know the brand and it doesn't do 0% nicotine. It was like when I told my parents I didn't smoke and it was my friends ciggies they could smell on me

Ah, that's a shame

There is literally no benefit to nicotine

It causes the stress it takes away

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From the reports I've seen on TV vaping is a seriously addictive problem for youngsters. Some are admitted to hospital very ill with popcorn lung which I believe is permanent. Anyone with children or grandchildren in the 10-15 age bracket needs to have some serious conversations with them about this, although for many this may be too late.

There is a big problem around illegal vapes which (like illegal drugs) contain all sorts of horrible things which can make them ill. So don't go thinking they are just smoking nice legal vapes, they are not. Like heroin, which on its own is a clean and much less harmful substance, it becomes totally toxic and deadly when the dealers mix drain cleaner and other vile substances in with it, making the users terribly ill. The same is happening with vapes. We need to do everything possible to keep the children off them.

A lot of these vapes are stolen from supermarkets who have them on public display (not behind the cigarette kiosk.) So a lot of minors are getting hold of them that way.

Desdemona

A lot of these vapes are stolen from supermarkets who have them on public display (not behind the cigarette kiosk.) So a lot of minors are getting hold of them that way.

We have free caffeine (coffee) to get shoppers through the door, free vapes might be a marketing opportunity for some.

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No one really knows what is in these vapes and that is the concern here in Australia. Kids don’t openly vape but they hide in school toilets apparently. It is illegal to sell them to under 18s and they do enforce that but of course mostof them get someone older to buy them on their behalf. We got them later than other countries and at first they were illegal but now they are sold with tobacco but not in supermarkets (yet)

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