Continuing our look into the prevalence of vaping amongst young people, in Part 2 of 'Curiosity, peer pressure and nicotine: why young people are choosing to vape', we speak with a number of area schools to gauge their stance on the issue, look at the increase in littering on our streets as a result of vaping, and speak with some more students who outline their views.
Teenagers whose parents are smokers are 55% more likely to try e-cigarettes, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona, Spain. In a large study of Irish teenagers, the researchers have also found that the proportion who have tried e-cigarettes has been increasing dramatically and that although boys are more likely to use e-cigarettes, the rate of use among girls in increasing more rapidly.
The research, presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress in Barcelona, Spain, indicated that teenagers whose parents smoked were around 55 per cent more likely to have tried e-cigarettes and about 51 per cent more likely to have tried smoking