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E-cigarettes: an evidence update <br /> <br />31 <br />Figure 4: Use of different flavoured e-cigarettes (ASH Smokefree GB data 2015) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Use of e-cigarettes among young people <br />The main source for estimating smoking prevalence in England among youth is the <br />’Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people’ surveys [17], however, EC use <br />was first assessed in 2014 and these data are not yet available. This section therefore <br />draws on the ASH Smokefree GB youth surveys to assess EC usage in young people, <br />supplemented by a study in the North West of England, two cross-sectional national <br />surveys in Wales and one national survey in Scotland. The measures used are detailed <br />in Appendix B. <br /> <br />In 2015, the ASH survey found that 12.7% of 11 to 18-year olds reported having tried <br />EC; of these, 80.9% had only used one once or twice (10.2% of all respondents). <br />Current EC use was considerably lower: 0.7% had used an EC sometimes but not <br />more than once a month; 1.2% more than once a month but not weekly; and 0.5% <br />weekly (Table 2). The prevalence of EC use (2.4% overall) among people aged <br />between 11 and 18 was therefore lower than among the general population. In <br />comparison, 21% of all 11 to 18-year olds reported having tried cigarettes, of whom <br />54% only tried once (11.4% of all respondents). Current smoking was reported by a <br />total of 6.7%; 2.7% smoked less than weekly and 4% at least weekly. <br />