I mean, of course it’s happening at state schools, but at independent schools? Something really must be done.
STICKIES FOR WALL FREE
“What is happening in state schools, and indeed independent and Catholics is that students generally go to areas of the school at recess and lunchtime, or in free periods, and engage in vaping,” he said. When it comes to the teenage health portion of the article, I enjoyed this quote from former Kings School principal Dr Tim Hawkes, which manages to combine a powerful “how do you do, fellow kids” sensibility with underhanded elitism. But you tend not to think about that sort of thing when you’re jonesing for sticky. The world was probably better off with cigarette butts. Hundreds of thousands of plastic-encased lithium-ion batteries going into landfill. It feels bad.Įven worse is the knowledge that these things are an ecological disaster. I’ve managed to be a little more mindful about my use lately, keeping it in a kitchen drawer rather than in my office, having a few puffs at a time, rather than choofing until my heartbeat is irregular and I have trouble getting to sleep. Yum.īut while I pretend to love the sticky, really I hate it. The “ice” flavours combine the sickening sweetness of off-brand soft drink with the revolting freshness of a menthol cigarette. Mostly I’m a peach ice man, but occasionally I’ll switch to blackberry for a bit of variety. You hand over your $15, walk away and hit that baby til your temples hurt. You point out the size (600-1800 puffs) and flavour you want.
An A4 card with all the flavours is face down on the counter. You walk in, ask the person at the desk if they’ve got vapes, they look around a little suspiciously and nod. Fortunately, I soon discovered that every tobacconist and convenience store in Sydney (except brands like 7/11) sell disposable vapes.
But getting the pods in Australia was a hassle. I started vaping as a way to stop smoking, and my first love was the Juul. What I write here isn’t meant as criticism of the reporting, but rather the tone and terms of the debate about vaping in Australia.įrom a personal point of view, one of the funny things about the article was seeing something that’s incredibly widespread, though clandestine, represented in the national media for the first time. All political power grows out of the barrel of the vape.Īt this point I should probably mention that Eryk is a mate (who, in pre-lockdown days, was privileged enought to witness me mercilessly choofing my nicotine sticky).