Vaping rates in Canada are among the highest in the world and, in British Columbia schools, its prevalence has become a serious concern for staff and health officials.
Dr. Milan Khara, specializing in the cessation of smoking and vaping, should be preferable to direct with empathy and compassion and approach vaping like any other substance consumption disorder.
However, he said there was a great challenge.
“One of the difficulties, I think, is that when we deal with dependence and when we deal with people with substance consumption disorder, one of the things we do is encourage them to withdraw triggers,” he said.
“We encourage them to move away from people, places and things associated with this consumption of substances. For example, people who fight with alcohol consumption, we recommend that they do not go to the bar. But with young people who were woven, they go to school every day. They go to school and mix with other children who were woven. ”
Khara said that this is one of the biggest obstacles facing young people because they cannot avoid frequenting school.
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Another problem is the accessibility of vape products.
In Abbotsford, Dimpal Batra has a store called Vape bed, but it is categorical that it never sells to minor customers.
She told Global News that she had even installed a metal door to control the flow of young people entering her store.
In 2020, the government of British Columbia restricted the flavored vapes to more than 19 stores, reduced the quantity of nicotine levels that could be sold in cartridges and launched an anti-vapor awareness campaign.
The Minister of Education and Children, Lisa Beare, said that she thought that these actions had made a difference.
“Absolutely there is no longer to do,” she added.
“Each time I visit the classrooms and have a conversation and give this opportunity for a question, answer, at the end, at least one student who asks” what should I do when I am in a hurry for vape? ” How can I get my friends to stop the Vapot? It is a real concern among the students themselves, not just adults. »»
The vice-principe of the Abbotsford secondary school, Brent Schroeder, said World news that vaping in schools is a huge concern.
“It’s not a problem here, it’s a problem everywhere, I would say,” said Schroeder.
“But it’s revealing when you do the real work and see how a problem is.”
Some schools in British Columbia have installed vaping detectors in the toilet and others suspended the students for vaping on the field of the school.
Dr. Nathan Njieng, assistant superintendent of the Abbotsford school district, said the question should be dealt with in the use of a broader objective.
“One of the things that came from young people when we start a conversation is the underlying reason for their consumption of substances,” he said.
“Often, we hear about it, we want to connect with our peers, to connect with adults, I want you to ask me how I am going to adopt a punitive approach and to tell myself what not to do.
“So this was the goal when he talks about prevention and upstream approaches and a framework, (it’s) really connection with young people.”
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