Social media platforms have been blamed for inaction over vaping promotions targeting children, with TikTok named as “the worst offender.”
It comes as a survey (pdf) published on Thursday suggested 1 in 14 underage teens are regularly vaping.
The YouGov survey, commissioned by charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and partly funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, showed that the proportion of current vapers among 11- to 17-year-olds  has reached 7 percent, more than doubling the percentage from last year of 3.3 percent. The figure was 4.1 percent in 2020.
The proportion of 11- to 17-year-olds who have ever tried vaping increased to 15.8 percent this year, compared to 11.2 percent in 2021 and 13.9 percent in 2020….