Video of baby vaping provokes outrage on social media

The parents appear to laugh as the young child coughs and splutters

A video of a baby vaping has provoked anger on social media. Footage broadcast by 7News shows a mother from Australia placing the device in her child's mouth. "Want to try," the woman said before the infant took a toke from the vape. People around the 11-month-old didn't seem to care that the baby inhaled vapour from the device and then coughed it out. They even decided to upload it to social media for all to see! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMkThvua9M0 Reaction to the footage has been quick to filter through, with one social media user writing: “Who gives their kid a vape, grow up and be a better mother. How can you put the vape up to your own son’s mouth and watch him suck on it and laugh while he’s choking and coughing.” Another said: "They all deserve to have the baby taken off them and given to someone who desperately wants a child, and then throw them into jail, just disgusting." New South Wales Police have been made aware of the video and are now investigating. Health experts are concerned for the health and weflare of the baby. Paige Preston from the Lung Foundation told 7News: "It is incredibly alarming to see that video of that poor child. “This is a massive concern because it does normalise vaping, it makes light of something that is incredibly dangerous to children and to adults.” However, the mother of the baby has seemingly hit back at all the critics on social media. According to News Corp, the woman posted a comment on Facebook that said: “Every c*** got the hide to sit there and talk about me and my child, take a look in yas own backyard. “You ain’t perfect either so keep that mouth going you ain’t scary, you’re nothing but bums.” Related links: 

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