13 Sep 2019

Principals worrried by teen vaping epidemic

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 13 September 2019

Auckland secondary school principals are backing the government's plan to ban sweet vape flavours. They say it will help curb an epidemic of vaping among teenagers at some schools. The government is planning to limit the flavours to just three - tobacco, menthol and mint - while the US has announced plans to ban flavoured vapes altogether because of their appeal to children. Here's our education correspondent, John Gerritsen.