Quit campaigners are moving to stay ahead of the vape industry’s youth-targeted marketing machine.
Children as young as 10 will this year be taught in Victorian classrooms about the dangers of e-cigarettes, as health and education authorities try to stay ahead of the vaping industry’s marketing campaigns.
She said on Wednesday that the program targeted children before they reached early secondary school, when they were vulnerable to taking up the habit.The federal government regards vapes as “the most significant public health menace” facing young Australians., easily disguised and highly addictive – are now the second-largest illegal drug market in the country, worth more than $2 billion a year.
“Having that year 5 and 6 resource will be fantastic for primary prevention and helping to take the curiosity out of vaping.
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