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What is a vape?

A vape is an electronic device that imitates the action of smoking a cigarette. Vapes can be filled with a liquid containing nicotine or marijuana. It is becoming more common for high school kids to be vaping. This is because the nicotine in the liquid is highly addictive. Also the nicotine rushing to the brain, this causes a dizzy like feeling for a minute or two that makes it even more addicting for teenagers.

What are the laws around vaping?

The legal age to own and use a vape in New Zealand is 18.

Vaping brands can't sponsor or advertise their brand on the internet or in public places. Workplaces are required to be smoke-free and vape-free. Schools and early childhood centres are also required to be smoke-free and vape free.

Illegal to vape inside a car with passengers under the age of 18.

What are the negative and positive effects of vaping?

Although vaping is still harmful, it is not known how it harms the human body. Vaping can majorly affect our cardiovascular endurance. Since health professionals think that vaping is just as harmful as smoking cigarettes, this is the leading preventable death worldwide at the moment. As of february 2020, 2,807 people in the USA will be hospitalized due to vaping.

What are some solutions to stop minors vaping?

Kids are mostly influenced to use vapes from parents that use them or older mates that use them. This is one of the easiest ways to prevent the likelihood of teenagers wanting to vape. The first solution is to teach your kids young about vaping and smoking. They need to be taught about the dangers of vaping and smoking, how it affects you financially and how it can ruin lives. The second solution is to not smoke or vape in front of your kids. This is because if your kids see you smoking or vaping they’ll get the impression that it's cool to vape and smoke. This is crucial because even if someone tells you how vaping can destroy your life, they’ll still want to do it because their parents do it. The third solution is to raise the prices of vapes. This will be effective because if the price is raised high enough minors won’t have enough money to buy the vapes. This is because most minors aren’t employed and very rarely get their hands on serious money.

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What is the best solution to stopping minors vaping?

All of these solutions should be applied to minimise the chance of minors vaping. The best solution is to teach kids young. Educate them about the dangers and the impact that vaping and smoking can have on your life.