THERE’S none of that telltale smell cigarette smokers tend to carry around with them. There’s no smoke, no ash and no cigarette butts.
Just a sleek little metallic gadget that doesn’t smell offensive at all. No wonder vaping is so much easier for your teen to get away with. It’s possibly also why you might think it’s not so bad.
But vapes or e-cigarettes are no less toxic than traditional cigarettes – especially for teens – and there’s been such an increase in the number of adolescents using e-cigarettes worldwide that health experts regard it as an epidemic.
South Africa is no exception, as a recent study by Professor Richard van Zyl-Smit at the University of Cape Town showed. According to the study, 25% of South African matric students make use of a vape. And almost 30%
