Girls vape more than boys
Public health says that, in Montreal, girls are vaping more than boys, and drinking and using drugs more too.
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maggie rose 06:49 on 2026-04-24 Permalink
Vaping is addictive when it contains nicotine. Not all vape pens or liquid refills contain nicotine. Buyers have to request it. I know because I quit a 50 year stubborn smoking habit with vaping, luckily just before Quebec make it extremely difficult to obtain reliable vape products (except in person at shops, and not all are equal in quality). After the first time I used it, I never smoked another cigarette. I slowly reduced the amount of nicotine, took a few months but worked. BTW, vape liquid with no flavour (even nicotine) tastes horrible, which is why they add them. Most are disgusting, I found one called Earl Grey that was innocuous & masked the other taste. I can see why teens are drawn to the child-like flavours marketed to them. I think it verges on abuse by designers and sellers. Adults trying to quit smoking don’t vape for the bubble-gum & strawberry flavours (yuck).
Anyway, isn’t it very sad that girls are self-medicating more than boys, and there is not the mental health support for them? Lets hope this Public Health announcement will afford that help to them fast.
Chris 08:45 on 2026-04-24 Permalink
>isn’t it very sad that girls are self-medicating more than boys
I suppose ideally there would be gender parity here?
Like most natural systems, you’d expect some fluctuation, so maybe in one survey year boys would be vaping more, and in the next year girls more, then boys more, then an equal year, etc. and it would average out to parity.
Well, the article says that this is the *first time* girls are vaping more, meaning things have been very far from parity for a long time. You could alternatively view this as good news, because a single survey in the opposite direction brings the average closer to parity. (Of could even better news would be vaping going down, but…)
Also the article doesn’t say how much more. Are girls vaping 10x more than boys, or 1% more? The actual report probably says, but of course they don’t bother to link to that. Yay legacy media!
jeather 15:06 on 2026-04-24 Permalink
Some better stats from La Presse
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/2026-04-23/enquete-sur-la-sante-des-jeunes-au-secondaire/de-la-fumee-a-la-vapeur.php