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Children are increasingly exposed to e-cigarettes on display in shops, and are more likely to buy from small shops

2 mins read Children's dentistry Alcohol and tobacco
The analysis, by researchers from Imperial College London, used data from the annual ASH survey of youth vaping, collected over five years from 2018 to 2022.

Comparing 12,445 responses to this online survey, the researchers found increases in the proportion of children reporting that they had seen e-cigarettes on display in shops. By contrast, the children reported seeing fewer tobacco cigarettes for sale, although over half of respondents had still noticed these. The survey respondents were aged between 11 and 18.

In 2022, 66 per cent of children reported seeing e-cigarettes in supermarkets compared with 57 per cent in 2018. For tobacco products, the likelihood of noticing these fell from 81 per cent to 66 per cent for small shops and from 67 per cent to 59 per cent in supermarkets.

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