Richard Hogan: How do we stop our children vaping?

It is terribly troubling watching children suck thousands of unknown chemicals into their young lungs. 
We need better education in schools about vaping. Picture: Alamy/PA

We need better education in schools about vaping. Picture: Alamy/PA

Of all the crazes that have impacted the world of the adolescent, vaping has to be one of the most insidious. Guised as a smoking remedy, an alternative that can wean you off your nasty nicotine habit. 

But in reality, these companies have simply been waiting in the long grass desperately strategizing how they can get their claws back into a failing market. And by God have they achieved it. It is terribly troubling watching so many children suck thousands of unknown chemicals into their young lungs. 

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