ArticleBMC public health2023
How do underage youth access e-cigarettes in settings with minimum age sales restriction laws? A scoping review.
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- Prevalence of Electronic Cigarette use in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of community health · 2026Pooled it
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- A scoping review and thematic analysis of policy implications of novel and emerging nicotine and tobacco products regulation.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- E-cigarette use among university students in Vietnam following the 2025 e-cigarette ban policy: A multicity cross-sectional survey.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- Weak Age Restriction Enforcement and Retailer Proliferation Reveal Limits in Tobacco Control Policy.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Article
- E-cigarette access and age verification among adolescents, young adults, and adults.Addictive behaviors · 2025Article
- Electronic cigarette use among adolescents in Saudi Arabia: A national study, 2022.Tobacco induced diseases · 2025Article
- E-cigarette use and knowledge of its effect on oral health among health sciences students in Trinidad and Tobago.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of How Underage Adolescents Access Nicotine Vaping Products in Aotearoa New Zealand.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2024Article
- Multidisciplinary approaches in electronic nicotine delivery systems pulmonary toxicology: emergence of living and non-living bioinspired engineered systems.Communications engineering · 2024Review
- Feasibility of restricting e-cigarettes to prescription only for smoking cessation.Respiratory research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite measures to reduce young people's access to electronic cigarettes (ECs), or "vapes", many countries have recorded rising youth vaping prevalence. We summarised studies documenting how underage youth in countries with minimum age sales restrictions (or where sales are banned) report accessing ECs, and outline research and policy implications.
methodsWe undertook a focused literature search across multiple databases to identify relevant English-language studies reporting on primary research (quantitative and qualitative) and EC access sources among underage youth.
resultsSocial sourcing was the most prevalent EC access route, relative to commercial or other avenues; however, social sourcing dynamics (i.e., who is involved in supplying product and why) remain poorly understood, especially with regard to proxy purchasing. While less prevalent, in-person retail purchasing (mainly from vape shops) persists among this age group, and appears far more common than online purchasing.
conclusionsFurther research examining how social supply routes operate, including interaction and power dynamics, is crucial to reducing youth vaping. Given widespread access via schools and during social activities and events, exploring how supply routes operate and evolve in these settings should be prioritized. Inadequate compliance with existing sales regulations suggest greater national and local policy enforcement, including fines and licence confiscation for selling to minors, is required at the retailer level.
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