NO SMOKING: E-cigarettes are growing in popularity, even though evidence shows that vaping could pose serious health risks and could lead to addiction

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 16, 2019
By: Chang Ching-ya and Dennis Xie  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Amid the increasing popularity of e-cigarettes at schools, Taichung city councilors are urging the city government to follow Hsinchu City’s and New Taipei City’s lead by drafting an ordinance to prohibit vaping for students under the age of 18.

Taichung City Councilor Chu Nuan-ying (朱暖英) said that, unlike smoking cigarettes, vaping involves inhaling a vaporized liquid mixed with distinctive flavors from an electronic device, and has become popular among young students.

Many adults do not know what e-cigarettes contain, and the same is true for underage students, she added.

About 38,000 junior-high and high-school students have tried e-cigarettes, Health Promotion Administration data showed.    [FULL  STORY]