The number of teenagers regularly vaping has jumped to one in seven, according to a new survey of schools in northern England, fuelling further calls from government advisers and medics for popular flavoured e-cigarettes to be banned.
Fourteen per cent of children aged between 14 and 17-years-old said they used vapes, more than once a week at the end of March, up from just six per cent in spring 2020, according to Trading Standards North West.
The findings will add to pressure on ministers to clamp down on the sale of these products to teens, following the launch of a government consultation into underage use of e-cigarettes in response to a surge in their popularity.