Child vaping risks becoming ‘public health catastrophe’ in UK, experts warn

There are fears that the e-cigarette boom has the potential to create a generation of young people hooked on nicotine

Lindsey Smith's son was 14 when he bought his first vape. Engrossed in videos of YouTubers making ghost puffs" with the vapour, he decided he wanted to try it for himself.

At first he would spend hours trying to copy the strangers online - sitting in his bedroom and practising exhalation techniques to create the ghost-shaped clouds he was seeing on his screen.