ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2025
Young people's use of disposable vapes: A qualitative study.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Access-related factors and e-cigarette use among 11-17-year-olds: a thematic synthesis of European studies using the five dimensions of access.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of standardising the colour and branding of vape devices on product appeal among young people: a randomised experiment in England, Canada and the United States.Tobacco control · 2026Trial
- #NoIDVape: A content analysis of illicit vape messaging in young people's information sources.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Changes in harm perceptions of e-cigarettes compared with cigarettes following the announcement of the disposable vape ban in Great Britain.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2026Article
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- The changing face of nicotine use in England: Age-specific annual trends, 2014 to 2024.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026Article
- Exploring the potential consequences of the disposable vape ban in the UK: A qualitative study with young adults who use disposable vapes.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Trends and patterns of dual use of combustible tobacco and e-cigarettes among adults in England: A population study, 2016-2024.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Young people's experiences of vaping in their community: a co-created study between embedded researchers and local authority public health practitioners.Perspectives in public health · 2025Review
- Young people's use of disposable vapes: A qualitative study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Young people's smoking and vaping behaviour, and comparative perceptions of appeal, imagery and harm, across different vape devices and a tobacco cigarette: findings from UK cross-sectional surveys in 2020 and 2023.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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aimsYouth use of disposable vapes has increased markedly in the United Kingdom in recent years, yet little is known about the motivations, experiences and perceptions of young people themselves. This study aimed to explore young people's experiences and use of disposable vapes.
methodsThis was a qualitative study recruiting young people reporting regularly vaping disposables, collecting data via dyad guided, individual and group interviews. Data analysis was theoretically informed by the Social Ecological Model. Inductive and deductive coding approaches were used, with resolution of coded interpretations by consensus.
resultsTwenty-nine young people aged 16-20 years participated in qualitative interviews. At the individual level, participants discussed how characteristics of disposable vapes were important to them-particularly price, accessibility and the attractive designs, colours, names and flavours. Young people frequently engaged in both vaping and tobacco smoking, seeing the behaviours as interchangeable dependent on context, and having inaccurate relative harm perceptions of vaping compared with smoking. Experimentation was widespread and many used vapes as a way of managing stress and anxiety. Vaping was positioned as a social behaviour, common among peers. Parental influence on vaping behaviour was minimal, although vaping initiation could be influenced by family vaping norms. Culturally, vaping was a widespread normalized behaviour. Young people were aware of media reports and potential harms, but were less aware of smoking related harms as a consequence.
conclusionsDisposable vapes appear to be attractive and accessible to young people in the United Kingdom. Vaping is normalized in this population, despite being seen as potentially damaging to health, and vaping and smoking are engaged in interchangeably. Underage sales of vapes are reportedly widespread. Strict regulation, such as banning products or increasing prices, may prompt UK youth to switch from vaping to smoking.
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