The first time I tried vaping I was 13,” says 17-year-old Ron Harris. “It wasn’t that common, I just did it because someone offered it to me. But some people in my class started doing it in Year 6 [ages 10-11].” Among Generation Z, vaping has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over the past year. In fact, according to a survey by Action on Smoking and Health, the number of 11- to 18-year-olds who’ve taken up the habit has doubled in just 12 months. Some schools have even reported that children as young as seven are vaping.
Although some of Ron’s peers have been vaping for a few years, it wasn’t until last summer that he noticed the trend really begin to take off.
