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The largest age group contributing to the use and purchase of e-cigarettes are young adults, which include an age range from teens to 30's. A questionnaire examining college students demonstrated that current users believe that e-cigarettes are more convenient and taste and smell better than traditional tobacco products.
In addition, Australia has one of the highest abortion rates in this age group, with the proportion of pregnancies ending in abortion having increased from 20% to over 50% over the past 30 years. This figure has since remained stable. [26] In 2013, the birth rate in Australia among young women was 14.6 births per 1,000 women. [7]
[90] Adverse effects to the health of children is mostly not known. [103] Children subjected to e-cigarettes had a higher likelihood of having more than one adverse effect and effects were more significant, than with children subjected to traditional cigarettes. [103] Significant harmful effects were cyanosis, nausea, and coma, among others. [103]
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill prevents anyone born after January 1 2009 from legally smoking by gradually raising the age at which tobacco can be bought.
On the other hand, the teen birth rate is very high in Bulgaria and Romania. In 2015, Bulgaria had a birth rate of 37 per 1,000 women aged 15–19. Romania had a birth rate of 34 per 1,000 women aged 15–19. [138] The teen birth rate of these two countries is even higher than that of underdeveloped countries like Burundi and Rwanda. [138]
In 2023 the total was 365 – with 50 kids again. 11 admissions were pre-school, 12 were aged 10 to 14, and 27 were 15 to 19-years-old. Only January’s admissions have been released for 2024.
Vape shops in general have received a bad rep for their social element and for allegedly marketing toward children," Chris Bouton, a vape shop owner in Ypsilanti, Michigan, said in 2016. [242] Marketing of e-cigarettes by tobacco shops was limited, with most responding that they do not market e-cigarettes, according to a 2018 report. [243]
Australia will water down a planned world first ban on vaping after opposition from the Greens party led the government on Monday to agree to amend a bill that would have restricted vapes to those ...