Fears of growth in children vaping disposables backed up by new national survey

Disposable e-cigarettes are now the most used product among current vapers, up more than 7-fold from seven per cent in 2020 and 8 per cent in 2021, to 52 per cent in 2022. Elf Bar and Geek Bar are overwhelmingly the most popular, with only 30 per cent of current users having tried any other brands.

Over the last year there has been growing concern about the increasing popularity of disposable vapes with young people, but this is the first-time national figures have been available to show the scale of the change. The increase in vaping shown by the survey is a cause for concern and needs close monitoring. However, 92 per cent of under 18s who’ve never smoked, have also never vaped, and only two per cent have vaped more frequently than once or twice.