Doctors Urge UK to Make Vaping Less Appealing to Children

The RCPCH is calling on the UK government to go further in its proposals to place new restrictions around the sale of vapes and suggests limiting the number of flavours that are available. The review into vapes has been published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. Experts from the college looked at the studies involving health or social outcomes of vaping on children and young people.

It said vaping had an association with problems including wheezing and coughing, poor oral and dental health, poor sleep, mental health problems and eye symptoms. Co-author of the systematic review, Prof Will Carroll, said the evidence showed clear links with respiratory symptoms, nicotine dependence and subsequent cigarette smoking.