Abstract
Many groups have raised concerns about rising youth vaping rates, particularly among young people who had never previously smoked. Evidence from schools and parents supports these concerns, as do survey findings. In this Briefing, we examine new data from the ASH Year 10
Snapshot survey and explore trends in smoking among young people who vape. We find the proportion of young people that vape daily and that have never smoked doubled between 2019 and 2023. These results suggest vaping is not displacing smoking, which was already low among Y10 students, but is recruiting new nicotine users. The findings indicate an urgent need for stronger policies that protect young people from both vaping and smoking.