In recent years, the UK has witnessed a significant surge in vaping, especially among school-age children. According to a recent survey conducted by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the proportion of children experimenting with vaping has grown 50% year-on-year – leaping from one in thirteen to one in nine. This dramatic increase has brought with it a unique set of challenges for educational institutions. Schools, traditionally safe havens for learning and development, are now grappling wit...

As several nations continue to clamp down on tobacco and vaping, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak recently announced that the UK is set to take a similar approach to save lives and ease pressure on the NHS. Taking a leaf out of New Zealand’s book, with its stringent smoking policies, the new measures aim to gradually make it impossible to buy cigarettes. However, unlike in New Zealand, where vaping has rushed in to fill the void, new stricter laws are set to govern the sale of vaping products in...

Vaping has seen a meteoric rise in popularity over recent years, thanks largely to being touted as a safer alternative to smoking. However, the teen vaping epidemic has raised concerns regarding its long-term effects. While the health issues caused by traditional smoking are well-documented, much less is known about the long-term effects of vaping. As such, the need for comprehensive research has become even more pressing, given that vaping has reached record levels (an estimated 4.3 million reg...