Unsettling new vaping craze costing hundreds of thousands to drivers in Australia: “It sounds like a bomb going off.”
Australians are facing a new problem as a result of vaping: drivers are now visiting mechanics complaining that their tyres have popped.
Devices strewn across several US highways suggest that smokers are discarding their vapes from their cars.
The devices either burst on impact or get lodged in the tyres of the cars as they are driving over them.
This risky practise has also spread abroad, as drivers in the UK have revealed they have been compelled to pay for new tyres as a result.
In May, the Australian government committed $234 million in funding for more stringent regulations, such as tighter import and packaging guidelines.
One of the steps will be to prohibit the importation of single-use items and non-prescription vapes for usage in retail settings.
According to recent data, 1.6 million Australians, or 7.9 percent of those over the age of 18, vape currently.
According to a Roy Morgan poll, 308,000 more people have started vaping since December, a 23 percent rise.
Furthermore, according to a Cancer Council survey, ninety percent of teens say it’s simple to buy illicit e-cigarettes.
More than two-thirds of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 17 who participated in the Generation Vape study admitted to using vapes that contained nicotine.
The illicit importation or distribution of fake or unapproved medicinal products carries a possible five-year jail sentence and/or a fine of up to $1.25 million.
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