E-cigarettes use in adolescents across Bath and North East Somerset and Swindon
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Healthwatch Swindon and Healthwatch Bath and North East Somerset undertook a survey about young people's experiences and opinions of vaping and using e-cigarettes. They spoke to 125 young people.
This survey found that 33% of respondents have used an e-cigarette, with 26.4% of adolescents vaping ‘occasionally’ or more often.
Whilst 70% of respondents claim the reason that they tried vaping was curiosity, there are some other common factors:
- The age at which they started
- Normalisation and pressure
- Ease of purchase