Kate Hawkesby: Alarming new data on vaping

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Nov 13, 2023 · 3m

So we got new data yesterday on vaping, and it's nothing short of alarming.

We here in NZ are among the biggest vapers in the developed world. The OECD found 8.2% of people aged 15 or older regularly vape in New Zealand, which puts us in second place, just behind Estonia.

I was speaking to a specialist cardio sonographer the other day, and she was telling me that she thinks we’re going to find out down the track that vaping is worse than smoking. We just don't have enough research on it yet, but the toxins you're inhaling when you're vaping... no good can come of that.

The worst part of…