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To ask if your teen DC vape?

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LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:10

Do your teen DC vape? My 17 year old DD has just started vaping and I’m furious as we are all non smokers in this household. Just wondering, out of interest, if anyone else’s teen DC vape and what did you do to try and stop them? Did it work or did they just keep on vaping? I’m determined to get DD to quit vaping but DH thinks it will be difficult due to her age!

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LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:34

Doveylc · 09/10/2024 10:19

I referred to them as adult dummies to my niece. Took the coolness look away from them.

They are addictive though so appreciate it is hard to stop.

I don’t understand why people who haven’t smoked take up vaping.

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Namechangetotalkaboutmysleepingpillsproblem · 09/10/2024 10:24

LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:16

Did you smoke before vaping out of interest? Our DD took up vaping without smoking which I think is ridiculous! She’s never smoked in her life besides these vapes which she’s recently started using! I don’t understand why people take up vaping when they’ve never smoked.

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Yeah, I did smoke, and it took a lot in a sense to lessen the addiction down to the vaping. Although that level of addiction is still strong. For me, I took up nicotine at 16 out of social anxiety. It was something to do with my hands, something to fill the silence in social situations. Your daughter, as well, may not see it as as serious a habit as it really is. One thing I only realised in the times I managed to take breaks from it altogether is that nicotine is actually a much heavier drug than we tend to think- it blunts everything, dulls your emotions

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LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:22

KimberleyClark · 09/10/2024 10:17

IMO vapes should only be available from pharmacies on production of proof of age. They shouldn’t be on general sale.

Agreed!

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Doveylc · 09/10/2024 10:19

I referred to them as adult dummies to my niece. Took the coolness look away from them.

They are addictive though so appreciate it is hard to stop.

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LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:19

toomuchfaff · 09/10/2024 10:17

IMO vaping is just another addiction. Regardless if it's "better" than the alternative. The crux is, it's the beginning of an addiction (where the long term side effects are unknown).

So, yes. I'd be furious, just as furious as if they started smoking or drinking.

Whether you can change your teens mind to do it is another matter, but you should try.

I will definitely try however DH reckons that it will be difficult due to her age.

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toomuchfaff · 09/10/2024 10:17

IMO vaping is just another addiction. Regardless if it's "better" than the alternative. The crux is, it's the beginning of an addiction (where the long term side effects are unknown).

So, yes. I'd be furious, just as furious as if they started smoking or drinking.

Whether you can change your teens mind to do it is another matter, but you should try.

KimberleyClark · 09/10/2024 10:17

IMO vapes should only be available from pharmacies on production of proof of age. They shouldn’t be on general sale.

JellyComb · 09/10/2024 10:17

My youngest son (18) vapes. He works very hard and earns his own money so i can't really dictate what he spends his money on.

However its the lesser of 2 evils as he had a bad weed addiction before this and quit the weed using vapes. So IDK, I'm inclined to leave him be.

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LionInTheDen · 09/10/2024 10:16

Namechangetotalkaboutmysleepingpillsproblem · 09/10/2024 10:14

I think your DH is right. I would be furious too if my 17 year old started vaping. I vape, and it feels like my lungs are full of oil. Maybe tell them that. Such a waste of their youthful health :( I hope you can somehow get through to your DC before the life- long addiction really takes hold

Did you smoke before vaping out of interest? Our DD took up vaping without smoking which I think is ridiculous! She’s never smoked in her life besides these vapes which she’s recently started using! I don’t understand why people take up vaping when they’ve never smoked.

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Namechangetotalkaboutmysleepingpillsproblem · 09/10/2024 10:14

I think your DH is right. I would be furious too if my 17 year old started vaping. I vape, and it feels like my lungs are full of oil. Maybe tell them that. Such a waste of their youthful health :( I hope you can somehow get through to your DC before the life- long addiction really takes hold