Lay summary
There is rising concern about burgeoning vaping rates among rangatahi, in particular rangatahi Māori. Government policies have done little to address risk of rangatahi taking up vapes. This reflects a Western biomedical perspective on harm and overlooks more holistic perspectives advocated by Māori, often by rangatahi Māori themselves. This project will apply a mixed-methods approach that creates a platform for rangatahi Māori voices, repeatedly surveys form-year cohorts of secondary school aged rangatahi, and conducts in-depth interviews with rangatahi Māori over a three-year period.