Young high schoolers keener to kick vaping

Researchers have found teens in school years nine to 10 have the highest desire to quit when taught about the risks of the habit. The study involved 332 students across four Christchurch schools - and mostly between the ages of 13 and 15-years-old. This comes after the latest ASH Year 10 survey found regular vaping rates of 14 and 15-year-olds had dropped for a third year in a row. In the research students were given true and false statements to answer before and after they were given an information session about vaping risks as well as the tobacco industry's involvement in selling vaping products. The biggest takeaway the researchers found was the youngest who were quizzed - those in year 9 and 10 at school - showed more of a willingness to quit than the older. Dr Ben Wamamili is one of the authors of the research and talks to Kathryn about how it was done. Sharon Pihema from the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation speaks about how the research lines up with her observations of working with young people trying to quit vaping.