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Electronic Cigarettes: Children and Young People

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 165428, tabled on 14 March 2023

Question

Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative
Penrith and The Border
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to stop vaping by under 18-year olds.

Answer

Neil O'Brien
Conservative
Harborough
Commons

Answered on

21 March 2023

The Government has introduced a range of measures to prevent vapes being used by people under 18 years of age. The law restricts sales to over-18s only, limits nicotine content, refill bottle and tank sizes, and has specific requirements on labelling and through advertising restrictions.

To make young people aware of the risks of using vapes, in October 2022 we published new vaping content on the Talk to Frank and Better Health websites and developed a suite of resources for schools to use, including the recently published Year 9 lesson plan published by the PSHE Association. These can be found at the following link:

https://pshe-association.org.uk/resource/vaping?hsLang=en

The Department for Education (DfE) is also bringing forward the review of the relationships, sex and health education statutory guidance. DfE will consider whether content on vaping should be included in this.

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