Kids under NINE hospitalised with breathing conditions linked to vaping
KIDS aged under nine are being taken to hospital with breathing conditions linked to vaping.
Twelve primary school age children were among 344 cases seen by doctors last year, according to NHS Digital.
Professor Andrew Bush, of the National Heart and Lung Institute, said: “Public Health England have stated they are 95% safer than cigarettes. There is no data that supports that, it is all based on a sort of expert consensus.
“I feel very strongly that our generation of children is being seduced into nicotine addiction."
Earlier this year the Sun on Sunday revealed the overall number of admissions recorded by hospitals linked to vaping has nearly doubled in 12 months.
Last year doctors recorded 344 cases. In 2019/20 there were 177 admissions.
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Ministers recently announced wide-ranging plans, including changes to the age you can tobacco which aims to reduce the numbers of people smoking cigarettes across England and Wales.
Central to this anti-cigarette crusade is trying to persuade more smokers to switch to vapes or e-cigarettes, which will even be prescribed by chemists.
Although vaping is regarded as being far safer than smoking there are growing concerns about the emergence of stronger and stronger varieties of vapes.
Despite the fact you need to be 18 to buy a vape, many are aimed at children and teens who can easily buy them online without any age-checks.
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Recent reports have claimed some children were buying vaping pens packed with as much nicotine as FIFTY cigarettes.
They are also fast becoming a craze emerging in schools and colleges with popular brands containing flavours like candy floss and blue raspberry.
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Those loved by youths don’t need charging or filling and can cost just £4.
Some teens are also using the nicotine replacement product to curb hunger pangs prompting fears about the unknown long-term health effects.