Respiratory medicine experts have warned of the urgent need for legislation to ban disposable vapes, as it can have significant long-term health risks for children and young people whose brains and bodies are still developing.
In a position paper, the Faculty of Paediatrics at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland have cautioned that the use of vapes among young adults and teenagers is increasing at an alarming rate and evidence shows that those who vape are very likely to move on to smoking traditional cigarettes.
He said that disposable vapes are the method of choice for young people which is why the RCPI is calling for the ban to be imposed. He said:"We now have a new generation of children and adolescents addicted to vapes, which is a whole new problem that we haven't really thought of before. "But even the experimental research that we would see now does indicate that people who chronically vape are at risk of developing these problems."
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