New Youth19 vaping findings were released today in an academic paper led by Youth19 investigator Dr Jude Ball. The findings indicate that vaping of nicotine is common among non-smokers and among demographic groups unlikely to smoke.

• 10% of students vaped regularly (monthly or more often) and 6% vaped weekly or more often, compared with 4% and 2% respectively for tobacco smoking.

• Over 80% of ever vapers reported they were non-smokers when they tried vaping. Nearly half of regular vapers and over a third of weekly vapers had never smoked….

For more, read the full paper. See our media release.