Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create 'smoke-free' generation - eviltoast
Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
  • Lazylazycat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    That isn’t true, Elf bars and Lost Marys are so easy for kids to get hold of and it is 100% what they’re using.

    • SupraMario@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28850065/

      ASH surveys showed a rise in the prevalence of ever use of e-cigarettes from 7% (2016) to 11% (2017) but prevalence of regular use did not change remaining at 1%. In summary, surveys across the UK show a consistent pattern: most e-cigarette experimentation does not turn into regular use, and levels of regular use in young people who have never smoked remain very low.

      • Lazylazycat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        That data is 6 years out of date and times have massively changed. Seriously, just go walk down the street after the kids have finished school for the day and your eyes will be opened.

        This report is from 2 years ago so still out of date, but you can see the change that happened just in the 4 years between this and the one you linked:

        https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vaping-in-england-evidence-update-february-2021/vaping-in-england-2021-evidence-update-summary

        Under half (43.0%) of 11 to 18 year olds who were current and former vapers reported always using vaping products that contained nicotine – 17.3% reported always using nicotine-free products. Three out of five (61.3%) 16 to 19 year olds who had vaped in the past 30 days used nicotine in their current product – 17.3% said their product did not contain nicotine.

        Over half (58.2%) of 16 to 19 year olds who had vaped in the past 30 days did not feel addicted to vaping but 38.5% said they felt a little or very addicted.

        Just under a fifth (18.4%) of current vapers aged 11 to 18 reported experiencing urges to vape almost all the time or all the time.

        More 11 to 18 year olds who had tried vaping said they had:…

        tried a vaping product and never tried smoking (28.9%)