More girls vaping

While we once worried about teens picking up a cigarette, the concern today is the spike in ecigarette uptake among adolescents – particularly among girls.

The devices, said Nicotine Addiction Research and Collaborating Group (NARCC) tobacco control researcher Dr Siti Idayu Hasan, are becoming trendy and fashionable among youths. According to the latest National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS), she said a staggering 14.9% of teens had experimented with, or regularly used ecigarettes, a sharp rise from 9.8% in 2017.