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You can find vapes inspired by video games, they come in bright colours and flavours like bubble gum and candy floss," she said.

For long-term adult smokers, it's seen as a less harmful alternative but the flipside to that is the exponential rise and accessibility of vaping to teenagers and at times younger children.

Marni Wilton said many vape shops had popped up recently around her Auckland suburb close to her sons' local schools.

Ms Wilton said the new government regulations fail to address the problem: "This absolutely doesn't go far enough to help our children."

Ben Youdan, who has worked in tobacco control and campaigning for nearly 20 years both in the UK and New Zealand, said banning vaping only drives it to the black market rather than get young kids off it.

Mr Youdan is now director of Ash NZ, a lobby group campaigning for a smoke free New Zealand.

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