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Fallout from youth vaping crisis sparks warning as more children take up habit to fight stress

An increasing number of students are being suspended for vaping. (Supplied)

School children believe vaping is "relatively harmless" and helps them deal with stress and anxiety, according to school teachers and counsellors dealing with the fall-out from the youth vaping crisis.

As the federal government promises to clamp down on the thriving black market in vapes, Perth clinical psychologist Donna Stambulich is one health professional who is seeing evidence of a new generation of nicotine addicts.

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