E-cigarettes do not normalise smoking for young people – study

E-cigarettes do not normalise smoking for young people – study Tobacco use among children and teens continues to fall despite popularity of vaping

The sharp increase in the use of e-cigarettes has not led more British children to take up cigarettes or regard smoking as normal, the first study of its kind has shown.

Some health experts and anti-smoking groups have expressed concern that the growth of e-cigarettes might normalise the idea of smoking for young people. The Guardian

See also:

• Have e-cigarettes renormalised or displaced youth smoking? Results of a segmented regression analysis of repeated cross sectional survey data in England, Scotland and Wales (open access) Tobacco Control