Govt urged to consider total vape ban amid youth abuse, drug risks
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Govt urged to consider total vape ban amid youth abuse, drug risks
KUALA LUMPUR: A Form Two student collapsing from a school rooftop after inhaling a drug-laced vape is just one of many disturbing incidents fuelling renewed calls for the government to impose a total ban on electronic cigarettes. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Govt urged to impose blanket ban on vape products
KUALA LUMPUR: A Form Two student collapsing on a school rooftop after inhaling a drug-laced vape is just one of many disturbing incidents fuelling renewed calls for the government to impose a total ban on electronic cigarettes. Read full story


Govt urged to consider total vape ban amid youth abuse, drugs risks
The e-cigarette epidemic will not be controlled by fighting with your son, brother, nephew or friend, but by means of public policies based on scientific evidence. These policies will only be implemented globally if there is action by the authorities and public pressure. This is what experts and young activists interviewed by Agência Pública advocate during the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, Ireland. “We have to be leaders, but p…
Limerick teens sent to psych wards after using legal vape substance
TEENS using vape devices to smoke a legal marijuana derivative are being hospitalised with psychosis, a Limerick addiction support worker has warned. Mike Walsh, team leader with the Community Substance Misuse Team (CSMT), says the the trend is leading to serious physical and mental health problems, and possibly creating a means to recruit “runners” and new customers for dealers. Hexahydrocannabihexol (HHC) is a freely available substance in Ire…
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