: Surging interest in vaping among young New Zealanders may undermine a government crackdown on the tobacco industry and its aim to get people to kick the habit, healthcare and anti-tobacco experts said on Friday.
“It’s fantastic having a generation that is smoke free but there is some concern around the messaging of using vaping to quit smoking, and that vaping is less harmful or without harm,“ said Letitia Harding, chief executive of the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation , which campaigns on behalf of people with asthma and other respiratory conditions.
“We absolutely have a problem of vaping and in 15 years we’ll be trying to get these youth out of vapes,“ Harding said. “Ultimately, tobacco is one of the deadliest substances that people can take and vapes do not have the harms associated with them, and that’s why we’re taking a risk-proportionate approach to these choices,“ Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said on Thursday while announcing the smoking ban.
Large Tobacco firms were quick to switch to e-cigarettes that offer different flavours and create designs targeting a new generation of users.
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