As cigarettes are phased out, parents say new laws do little to address rampant vaping by young people.
By Shaimaa Khalil"It got more accessible for me, so I got addicted. Everyone around me was vaping at the time."
"What attracted me to it was more the flavours like 'Peach ice' or 'Lychee-grape'. You can find vapes inspired by video games, they come in bright colours and flavours like bubble gum and candy floss," she said. Vaughan Couillault, principal of Papatoetoe High School in South Auckland and president of the Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand, has a number of confiscated vape pens in his office.
Marni Wilton said many vape shops had popped up recently around her Auckland suburb close to her sons' local schools. "We have over 7,500 vape shops in New Zealand now. The new laws do nothing to affect the existing stores that are already built. So many are close to our schools, our playgrounds - they're in those safe spaces," she added.and making it prescription only.
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