Australian Teenagers’ Mental Health Problems Linked to Vaping, Study Finds

“Australian high school students with symptoms of severe depression or poor wellbeing are twice as likely to have tried vaping.” The study also found one-fifth of students in grade 7 and 8 “had moderate to severe depression symptoms and demonstrated the need for early intervention targeting both mental health and vaping”, experts said. The share of students in grades 7-12 who have vaped in the past month almost quadrupled from 2017-2022/23.