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Australian schools are tackling vaping by installing detectors in bathrooms. But how do they work?

Australian schools are installing vape detectors in bathrooms to deter students from using the harmful products, but just how effective are the devices?

ABC News

Gateshead Council backs call for tighter restrictions on vape sales

Gateshead council is working with Trading Standards to support compliance with regulations and 'take enforcement action when necessary'

Chronicle Live

Man claims addiction to smoking vapes caused him to cough up three PINTS of blood

Dustin Fitzgerald had started using vapes after trying to kick his nicotine habit for three years. But just months after using them, Dustin found himself in hospital after dealing with a violent cough which left him in hospital

Daily Mirror

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Facebook ads opposing a ban on vaping in Australia failed to disclose tobacco company backing

Meta says it removed ads for failing to state they were sponsored by an initiative of British American Tobacco Australia

The Guardian - AU

FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

Tribune News Service

FDA plans oversight changes after critical tobacco report - Roll Call

The FDA announced a series of actions meant to improve its oversight of tobacco and nicotine products, most notably e-cigarettes.

Roll Call

Passive vaping – time we see it like secondhand smoke and stand up for the right to clean air

A medical student of mine recently said he loved the smell of vanilla in the house he shared with friends who vaped. “That’s OK, right?” he asked. “Well no,” I said, “If you can smell the vanilla you are probably getting nicotine as well.”

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My Daughter's School District Warns That Nicotine Vapers Could Be Unknowingly Inhaling Fentanyl

It is hard to find evidence of this "disturbing trend."

Reason

Australia has a vaping problem, but no easy health or political solution

Depending on who you listen to, vaping is either a public health solution, or a public health crisis, and what to do about it is on the minds of health ministers who'll discuss the issue today.

ABC News

In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp

Police often can’t tell if a cannabis vape pen is derived from marijuana or legal hemp, like the delta-8 products on display in gas stations across Texas. That doesn’t stop them from making felony arrests in high schools.

The Texas Tribune

E-cigarettes should be in plain packaging – just like cigarettes

Vaping is a rapidly growing habit in Great Britain, particularly among younger people. Research by the anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health found that in 2022 7% of 11- to 17-year-olds in Great Britain used e-cigarettes, up from 3.3% the year before.

The Conversation

Marketing of vapes to children ‘utterly unacceptable’, says Chris Whitty

England’s chief medical officer voices concern as vape use among 11- to 17-year-olds doubles in two years

The Guardian - UK

Top medic Chris Whitty blasts 'utterly unacceptable' vaping firms targeting kids

Professor Sir Chris Whitty, England's Chief Medical Officer, voiced concerns to MPs about vapes that are 'clearly aimed at essentially encouraging people to vape who may well not be vaping at all'

Daily Mirror

Prof Sir Chris Whitty says marketing of vapes to children is 'appalling'

He said efforts to reduce vaping among children needed to be 'much more serious'

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The Independent UK

Professor Sir Chris Whitty attacks marketing of vapes to children

The proportion of children aged 11 to 17 currently vaping jumped from 4% in 2020 to 7% in 2022, a poll found.

ABC News

Warning over rise in nitrous oxide abuse as service stations sell potentially deadly 'nangs' to teenagers

Canisters of nitrous oxide, known as "nangs" and linked to the death of a Queensland man, are readily available across Australia. But drug experts disagree on what to do.

The National (Scotland)

Big Tobacco intensifies Scottish Parliament lobbying as new restriction plans loom

TOBACCO companies have intensified their lobbying efforts at Holyrood ahead of a potential tightening of smoking legislation and met with MSPs at…

Irish Mirror

'I'll need oxygen at 30 because deadly vaping habit gave me popcorn lung'

Abby, a 20-year-old, may need an oxygen machine by 30, due to excessive vaping, doctors said

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Woman claims vaping caused 'POPCORN LUNG' - and she'll 'need oxygen machine aged 30'

Abby Flynn says she became so addicted to vaping, she would find herself sleeping with them in her hand. Now she has been left with 'popcorn lungs' and doctors warn she may need an oxygen machine if she doesn't stop

Manchester Evening News

Woman, 20, claims vaping gave her 'popcorn lung' - she may need an oxygen machine to breathe by 30

Abby's vaping habits set her back £135 a month

Bristol Post

"I have a popcorn lung after becoming addicted to vapes - I'm only 20"

She was so attached to vapes she fell asleep holding it - now she might need a breathing machine by the time she's 30

Wales Online

'I've been told I'll need an oxygen machine by age 30 because of vaping habit'

Abby, 20, used so many vapes she was rushed into resus and diagnosed with popcorn lung. She now has to take eight steroids a day

The Conversation

Stop tossing your spent vapes and e-cigs: you're breeding a new waste pandemic

Vaping, or using electronic cigarettes, not only pollutes the surrounding air, it also creates a new contaminated e-waste stream.

Chronicle Live

Government urged to bring in £4 tax on disposable vapes like Elf Bars

Campaigners want more to be done to stop children using cheap disposable vapes.

The Conversation

Learning about the health risks of vaping can encourage young vapers to rethink their habit

Vaping is most prevalent in Canada among 15- to 24-year-olds, and has significantly increased since e-cigarettes with nicotine were legalized in 2018. Ensuring that young people understand the health risks involved may help encourage them to steer clear of vaping.

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