Explosion of SA teen vaping confirmed by new study
Research adds weight to public health advocates’ call for e-cigarettes to be regulated
03 December 2024 - 05:00
One in six high school students in SA are using e-cigarettes and almost half of them reach for a vape within an hour of waking up, suggesting they are highly addicted to nicotine, the largest survey of its kind to date has found.
More than 25,000 students from 52 schools across SA were included in the research, published in the Lancet medical journal...
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