PETALING JAYA: A public health specialist has urged authorities to tackle the issue of vape designs that are intentionally made to look like stationer...
Photo of a stationery sticker sold online, which is being used to camouflage vapes. – Adam Amir Hamzah/theSunA public health specialist has urged authorities to tackle the issue of vape designs that are intentionally made to look like stationery, such as marker pens, UHU glue and 2B pencils, which could pose a danger to school students.
“The use of stickers to disguise vapes presents a new and concerning tactic aimed at helping students to use vapes in schools,” she said. “With minimal regulation on these platforms, it becomes easier for underage buyers to purchase them without proper age verification. The anonymity of online transactions also allows vendors to evade detection and reach out to vulnerable groups such as school students.”
“To effectively combat this issue, it ties into the government’s budget priorities and their focus on strengthening enforcement activities, including increasing manpower, providing specialised training for enforcement officers and ensuring sufficient budget allocation to support these efforts. She said the deceptive tactic of disguising vapes as everyday items takes advantage of school environments, where traditional monitoring methods are typically focused towards detecting more obvious vaping devices.
“Sustained medical education programmes targeting young people, which would highlight the health risks associated with vaping, would strongly discourage them from starting in the first place.
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