You’re driving your teen home from school when they open up to you about their vaping. What started off as an occasional puff of an e-cigarette has turned into something more serious. “I was curious and just wanted to try it,” they say. “All my friends were doing it and I wanted to do it …
Vaping
Great news! A decision made by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) means that from next month, it’s going to be much harder for kids to vape. From 1 October it will be illegal to import e-cigarettes into Australia without a prescription. Which means that, for most Australians, including our kids, it’ll become all …
I’m here to tell any parent of a teen that even if you think you know them well, your teen has secrets. They might even have secrets for so long that by the time you find out about them, you’re dealing with a mess. For instance, if you’re anything like me, you probably won’t know …
Fortunately, it’s really only a small proportion of kids who are regularly vaping (estimated at about 1.8 percent of high school kids). But plenty of others are dabbling. Over the past few years the number of secondary school students who have tried vaping has increased significantly. So, is it something we need to be worried …