may be touted as a ‘better’ alternative to smoking cigarettes as it is laced with toxic chemicals however, it can still cause detrimental side effects, especially in minors.
Recently, journalists from news portal 101 East under Al-Jazeera have uncovered that these vaping devices were being sold to underaged people despite the signage displayed in their shops prohibiting those below 18 years of age from purchasing the products.channel, the team of journalists went undercover in six shops in Kuala Lumpur to see if these establishments would sell their products to ‘someone who looks like a teenager.
Even when she made the transaction when purchasing the item, the staff was shown to still not inquire her age. “Of the six shops we visited, none of them asked for ID despite four of them displaying 18+ signs,” the narrator in the documentary said. The documentary also highlighted that the companies selling vape products, the age restriction regulations are ‘self-enforced’ and not the law.
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