❛It’s crazy. The older kids are selling vapes to younger kids in school. At the beginning of the year, we received a letter from the school saying they were aware of the problem, and would expel any students found to be selling them.❜
❛Please can anyone share [sic] some light on how to help my 15-year-old who has started vaping in the beginning of last year and now cannot seem to quit, even though she no longer wants to vape.❜
❛Tips on how to help your teen quit vaping? Started three months ago and now addicted.❜
❛I am feeling overwhelmed… My youngest, 13, is vaping.❜
❛My 16-year-old just told me she’s been vaping for the past 4 months…❜
❛I don’t know who to turn to… I recently found out my daughter of 15 and a group of friends (boys and girls) were vaping in the toilets at our local shopping mall.❜
his is just a small sample of countless similar messages on The Village, a popular Facebook support group for South African parents. These concerned moms and dads will surely be unsurprised by the recent findings of a study conducted by Richard van Zyl-Smit, a researcher with the University of Cape Town Lung Institute
