
Total votes
5-11 votes
11-18+ votes
Vaping is becoming an increasingly common phenomenon in society and in particular, a growing presence in school environments. Our voters discussed whether its benefits, namely reducing the harm caused by cigarettes outweighs the potential, unknown side effects.
“Playground trends are good because people might make friends and take turns”
"Because it is quite recent, we have not done enough studies on it to see what effects vaping has on our lungs. It could be as bad as smoking for all we know."
“If smoking can damage people because it has nicotine, vaping can too. To me vaping seems like a new 'cooler' equivalent it's really just the same thing in a flashy case.”
"[...] The worry is about the marketing of vaping to young kids who are attracted by the bright colours and bubblegum flavours, but perhaps to maintain the vaping to an older already addicted group would be beneficial in a controlled way."
We had three different questions this week, with Secondary and College students all considering: “Should we be worried about vaping?”, Primary age 7-11 voters exploring the question: “Do we know enough about how vaping affects us?” and Primary age 5-7 voters deciding: “Are playground trends a good thing?”.
Martin Dockrell
Department for Health and Social Care
Dr David Regis
Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU)
Dr David Regis
Schools Health Education Unit (SHEU)