Vaping is Gen-Z’s status symbol – with kids as young as 12 puffing away

Julie Fields* had a hunch one day last year that her 14-year-old son Ben* was doing something he shouldn’t be. Nothing particularly prompted her into thinking this – call it a mother’s intuition, if you will.

When he was out with friends one day, the 44-year-old checked Ben’s bedside drawer and saw two vapes tucked away.

Julie didn’t hit the roof at what she found. Instead, she removed the offending e-cigarettes – or…