Tafelsig learners lead the charge against tobacco and vaping

TAFELSIG learners were among 2 500 participants across the Mother City in a year-long campaign to learn about the dangers of tobacco use and vaping.

- STAFF REPORTER

The learners, aged between seven and 17, since July last year, made up nearly 70 percent of the audiences at City of Cape Town Health's interventions around the dangers of smoking and vaping.

According to a recent survey of learners in grades 8 to 12 at South African schools, two percent of respondents smoke cigarettes, 17 percent vape and 36 percent tried vaping.

The survey also found that the frequency of vaping increased among learners in higher grades.