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Mom was ‘mortified’ by what she found in her 12-year-old daughter’s backpack: ‘I couldn’t believe it’
- An Australian mother was shocked by what she found in her daughter’s backpack
- Sarah, from Perth, discovered an e-cigarette in the bag
An Australian mother of three was horrified by what she found in her 12-year-old son’s backpack.
Sarah, from Perth, discovered an e-cigarette in her daughter’s bag and panicked after realizing she vapes.
‘Honestly, I was mortified, it’s completely imploded now. To some extent, we’ve left it a bit too late,” she said. 7News.
Electronic cigarettes that usually contain nicotine and are available in different flavors; they’They have become increasingly popular among young adults and teenagers and are a substitute for regular cigarettes.
Young people who vape nicotine are exposed to a toxic chemical that can harm adolescent brain development.
Sarah, from Perth, (pictured) discovered an e-cigarette in her daughter’s bag and panicked after realizing she vapes.
According to a survey conducted by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF)In Australia, around 14 per cent of 12-17 year olds have ever tried an e-cigarette, and around 32 per cent of these students have used it in the last month.
The survey also found that 74 percent of young adults ages 18 to 24 initially only tried vaping out of curiosity in their younger years, and now 64 percent of them are still addicted.
Australian Cancer Council CEO Ashley Reid said: “Young people are drawn to vapes for their bright colors and wide range of flavors, and then get hooked because of the nicotine content.”
Vaporizers have become increasingly popular among young adults and teenagers and are a substitute for regular cigarettes. Youth who vape nicotine are exposed to a toxic chemical that can harm adolescent brain development (file image)
“These products carry serious health risks, including nicotine addiction, poisoning, seizures, burns, and acute lung injury from inhalation of harmful chemicals.”
Research strongly suggests that non-smokers who use e-cigarettes are three times more likely to smoke ‘combustible tobacco cigarettes as non-users’.
The Cancer Council will receive $375,000 from Healthway to develop a pilot project that highlights the impacts of e-cigarette use.
Maurice Swanston, the recently retired chief executive of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health, admitted that the gains made in kicking the national nicotine habit could be wiped out by vaping.
“E-cigarettes are undermining the incredible progress Australia has made in the last 40 years that I have been working to reduce smoking,” he previously told Daily Mail Australia.
Federal Minister Mark Butler signaled in early December that the Albanian government would consider cracking down on electronic cigarettes, also known as vapes, flooding Australia.
Swanston said it’s the right approach.
“Our borders are leaking like a sieve, there are massive illegal imports of e-cigarettes and those cigarettes have been intentionally mislabeled so the Border Force can’t tell if they contain nicotine or not,” Swanston said.
In October 2021, the Therapeutic Goods Administration made it illegal to purchase e-cigarettes, which electronically heat a mixture of fluids to produce an aerosol or vapor to inhale, without a prescription.
A recent study of e-cigarette use by 14-17 year olds in New South Wales illustrated just how free vaping really is.
It was estimated that more than 30 percent of young people in the age group had tried vaping.
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Ellis told the studio that she had vaped for three years, but had tried to quit for nine months.
“I knew it was addictive when I started vaping, but you don’t really think about it too much,” Ruby said.
“You don’t fully realize what addict means or how addictive it is until you get hooked.”