PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electronic Cigarettes: Children (31 January 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of under-18s taking up regular use of e-cigarettes; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of children taking up those products.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

The Government is clear that we only support the use of e-cigarettes as a tool for smokers to quit smoking. We will continue to strongly discourage non-smokers and children from using them.

Regular use of e-cigarettes amongst children remains low, at around 2% of 11 to 15 year olds in 2018. This is as a result of our strong regulatory framework including restrictions on advertising, packaging and labelling, preventing sales to under 18 year olds and limits on tank sizes and nicotine content.

Answered by:
Maggie Throup (Conservative)
9 February 2022