“Vapes were initially marketed as a potential solution to tobacco smoking, with claims that they could be a less harmful alternative.
The data from the 2019 Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey showed 26 per cent of respondents reported having used a vape.
When it comes to grade levels, the research showed Grade 10 and 11 students were more likely than Grade 9 students to vape exclusively with nicotine.
“Since this was a cross-sectional analysis and we studied all the different age groups at the same time, we could not establish that dual vaping is leading to an increase in exclusive nicotine vaping.
“It’s fun at first and then it’s just wasting money after,” said AJ Ktt, a Grade 12 student at Saunders Secondary School in London.