We explored how young people interpret wellbeing and intersections between vaping and wellbeing. We found vaping disrupts all aspects of wellbeing, causes anxiety, lethargy, and loss of autonomy, harms whānau relationships, and impairs how rangatahi view themselves.

We analysed tweets supporting “World Vape Day”; we identified four key supporting arguments; found substantial criticism of those viewed as opposing ENDS, and noted frequent reliance on personal testimonials and rights based arguments.