Published by BMJ Open, April 2015
SUMMARY
Although some evidence shows e-cigarettes can help people who are trying to give up smoking, there are also concerns e-cigarettes could undermine the success of recent anti-smoking strategies, especially those targeted at young people. It has been suggested e-cigarettes could act as a gateway into nicotine addiction and tobacco use for young people, who might use them without being smokers already. The latest generation of e-cigarettes come in a wide range of colours and flavours, which could be attractive to young people.
The research team wanted to estimate the prevalence of e-cigarette use among young people and to find out whether there were links to tobacco and cannabis use. Their analysis combined the findings of two 2014 surveys of 1,601 10- and 11-year-olds and 9,055 children aged between 11 and 16. The children were from 85 secondary schools and 75 primary schools in Wales.
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