JOHANNESBURG - A significant problem facing the youth is the rise in smoking and e-cigarette use, which pose significant health risks.
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Protect Our Next - a coalition of South Africa's top health and community organisations - calls for urgent measures to protect young people from these addictive products.
Recent data from the South African Medical Research Council shows alarming rates of e-cigarette use among university students to be 26.3-percent.
Of that, 12.5-percent of students use e-cigarettes on a daily basis.
Lesego Mateme from the South African Tobacco-Free Youth Forum advocates for comprehensive bans on tobacco advertising and spoke with eNCA.