Daily teen vaping increases while teen smoking falls

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April 20, 2022

The NZ Herald today reported today on the youth vaping and smoking rates, quoting the most recent ASH Year 10 Survey. ASH policy adviser, Ben Youdan, told the NZ Herald, "We need to be having a much more sophisticated conversation around understanding where young people are getting their vapes, what's happening with this social phenomena, and giving them the skills to be able to make informed decisions about not trying this stuff and not getting hooked on it."

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