University of Sydney Study Finds Depressed Students Twice as Likely to Vape

A University of Sydney study has found that students who are depressed are twice as likely to vape compared to those without symptoms. The study surveyed more than 5,000 year seven and eight students from 40 schools in New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia between May and October 2023, creating one of the largest datasets on adolescent vaping in Australia. Researchers discovered that 8.3 percent of the 5,157 students surveyed (428 students) had used vapes. Vaping was 74 percent more common among students reporting moderate stress and 64 percent more common among those experiencing high levels of stress. Additionally, vaping was 105 percent more prevalent among students with low well-being compared to those with high well-being....