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Vapes tossed carelessly onto roads are becoming stuck in car tyres and exploding, leaving drivers needing to fork out hundreds of dollars for a new one.
A hard-hitting campaign targets vaping in young people.
The Australian Border Force has seized more than $11 million worth of nicotine vapes in the past few weeks - as the federal government tries to stamp out teenage vaping.
More than a third of young adults are vaping and many of them are doing it even though they know vapes contain nicotine, Cancer Council data shows
They were initially promoted as a tool to help people quit smoking but electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes or ‘vapes’, have since transformed into a recreational product that's particularly popular among young people. Amid increasing reports of harm to users, the Federal government is now aiming to regulate them and cut the number of youngsters taking up the habit.