Kids could graduate from vaping to drugs and ciggies

PETALING JAYA: Smoking cessation specialists are concerned that curiosity and peer influence – factors that have led students to take up vaping – could also lead them to smoking conventional cigarettes and using drugs.

Universiti Malaya addiction psychiatrist Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin (pic) said he had found from drug addicts he had spoken to that the e-cigarette device was one of the methods of delivery for amphetamine.