Health funding money to be spent studying quitting vaping

The Health Research Council of New Zealand will pump more than 50 million dollars into research on pressing health issues. The funding will be spread across 44 project grants, one of which includes a massive trial to help quit vaping. Ministry of Health data shows the number of 15 to 17 year olds who vaped every day had quadrupled in three years, from 2 percent in 2018-19 to 8 percent in 2021-22. One of the researchers on the vaping trial is University of Auckland professor Dr Chris Bullen.