{"id":10020,"date":"2023-05-03T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2023-06-01T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T23:19:29","slug":"regulation-of-vaping-products-statement-by-the-royal-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/regulation-of-vaping-products-statement-by-the-royal-childrens-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulation of vaping products: Statement by The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital welcomes newly announced reforms and initiatives to restrict access to e-cigarettes for children and young people and educate families about the health impacts associated with vaping.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine which is highly addictive, especially for teens. Nicotine exposure during the teenage years can harm brain development and impact learning, memory and attention.<\/p>\n<p>Toxic chemicals and metals, found in the aerosol, are inhaled into the lungs which can irritate the airways and cause damage.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the RCH identified vaping as a common health concern for Australian families through <a href=\"https:\/\/rchpoll.org.au\/polls\/e-cigarettes-vaping-and-teens-do-parents-know-the-dangers\/\">the RCH National Child Health Poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Poll found that Australian parents wanted tougher restrictions on e-cigarettes in an effort to reduce uptake in teens, with half of parents supporting a total ban on the supply, sale and use of all products in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The results also found the majority of parents were concerned their teen might try e-cigarettes yet more than half of parents had never had the discussion about vaping.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the RCH has shared health information to support parents to understand the risks of e-cigarette use and empower them to address vaping with their kids.<\/p>\n<p>The RCH has created a fact sheet, videos and a podcast episode that cover health risks for developing bodies, the presence of addictive chemicals like nicotine and THC and importantly, how to start a conversation with children and teenagers about e-cigarette use.<\/p>\n<p>We are pleased that we have been able to play a part in this community change and will continue to research, educate and provide practical support for families on the health impacts of e-cigarette use for children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>You can find RCH\u2019s vaping resources through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rch.org.au\/kidsinfo\/fact_sheets\/E-cigarettes_and_teens\/\">Kids Health Information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RCH welcomes reforms and initiatives to restrict access to e-cigarettes for children and young people and educate families about the health impacts associated with vaping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8971,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10021,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions\/10021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}