Medical experts have taken to TikTok to warn young people of the risks associated with vaping.
A NHS doctor and content creator is warning young people on TikTok that "history is repeating itself" with vaping and, just like smoking, the truth about the dangers will "take decades to come through".
Dr Ahmed Ezzat, who posts under the handle @drmishmash, said: "Who would have thought that back in the 1920s to 1940s, doctors on every billboard were trying to promote smoking cigarettes, even claiming, with the tobacco companies, that smoking cigarettes cured or treated asthma and shortness of breath.
“If you look at smoking, it took 40 years . Let’s wait another few decades and see what happens with vaping. With over 154,000 posts on TikTok under #vaping and 14,000 posts under #quitvaping, it’s discussed a lot on the social media site, and creators like Dr Emeka Okorocha and medical student Christina Aaliyah have also been working on the campaign to educate users.
The colours and flavours of disposable vapes in particular may attract children and young people to buy them. “People buying these very cheap £2 vapes that are colourful that I see at every bus stop. These are kids coming out of schools. This is where there is a “cultural confusion”, Ezzat says. “There’s a matrix where people haven’t quite registered that vaping is smoking and vaping is just as bad.
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