This week we had a visit from D:side Dave. The focus was on smoking and vaping.
Dave spoke to us about where smoking isn’t allowed (schools, theatres, hospitals, theme parks). Interestingly, we learnt that smoking was once allowed on aeroplanes – this really shocked us.
We looked at toys from the past which imitated the act of smoking and even Disney films from the past showed smoking.
Vaping targets young people and all our children said they had seen a teenager vape -very worrying. We learnt that smoking one disposable vape is the same as smoking 20 cigarettes.
Dave delivered a key message throughout: DON’T START SMOKING OR VAPING!
He told us that the average smoker spends £10 a day. We worked out how much this would be across a week/month/year and what we could but with this money.
Today, there are still many unknowns about the risks of vaping. The children took part in an activity to demonstrate how vaping can cause illness, but these can be hard for doctors to detect straight away. Side effects could become clear in years to come.
