FYI Investigates: Kids Who Vape

First News TV - Weekly News Show

In a special episode of FYI – the BAFTA award-winning weekly news show for young people from Sky News and Sky Kids – presenter Braydon investigates why so many young people are taking up vaping.

The number of children taking up vaping is on the increase with the NHS reporting that 9% of 11-15 year olds are now regular vapers. In this documentary, Braydon investigates why there’s been such a rapid increase in the popularity of e-cigarettes. Is it the brightly coloured packaging and sweet flavours that attract young people – or are there other factors at play?

Talking to teenage vapers, Braydon discovers how they’re able to get hold of the vapes, which cannot be sold legally to children. And he asks if young people should be worried about warnings from doctors that vapes could be very damaging to their health, as well as being highly addictive.

He meets a former vaper who ended up in intensive care after a bad reaction to one of the vapes he was using. And he finds out that the vaping industry itself is asking the government to introduce tighter regulations to stop vapes being sold to children. The industry insists that vapes are intended only for the use of adults to help them quitting smoking more harmful tobacco cigarettes.

Teaching resource

We have put together a debate ‘Should vaping products follow the same rules as tobacco?‘ to help you lead discussions about the film and the topics it explores with your class.

FYI News Club @ Your School

What are FYI News Clubs?

All resources needed are provided to set up these 30-minute extra-curricular clubs, with no preparation needed by the teachers who run them. There are four simple steps to every FYI News Club.

STEP 1: Watch FYI

Watch the current episode of FYI: For Your Info, available here.

STEP 2: FYI News Club Chat FYI Investigates: Kids Who Vape

The FYI News Club Chat discussion question resource supports your students to discuss the news items presented in the show. Download the resource.

STEP 3: Get Involved

Tell us the news stories your FYI News Club want investigated by emailing them to us at [email protected] with the subject line FYI Young Reporter.

Step 4 – For fun to finish: First News Kahoot! News Quiz

Challenge your club with this week’s First News Kahoot! News Quiz. Our free interactive news quiz features ten questions on the stories featured in this week’s issue of First News. More information on how to play Kahoot! quizzes can be found here.

For more information on starting a FYI News Club visit this page.

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