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E-cigarettes: an evidence update <br /> <br />34 <br />Summary <br />Regular use of EC among youth is rare with around 2% using at least monthly and 0.5% <br />weekly. A minority of British youth report having tried EC (national estimates suggest <br />around 12%). Whilst there was some experimentation with EC among never smokers, <br />nearly all those using EC regularly were cigarette smokers. <br /> <br />Trends in e-cigarette use among young people (ASH Smokefree GB youth) <br />The ASH Smokefree GB youth surveys indicate that awareness of EC has increased <br />markedly, with the proportion of individuals who had never heard of EC falling from <br />33.1% in 2013 to 7.0% in 2015. Ever having tried EC also increased, from 4.5% in <br />2013, to 8.1% in 2014, and to 12.7% in 2015. However, the prop ortion using an EC <br />monthly or more frequently remained virtually unchanged from 2014 (1.6%) to 2015 <br />(1.7%). Over the same period, the proportion of regular smokers (at least weekly) <br />remained at around 4% (2013: 4%, 2014: 3.6%, 2015: 4%). <br /> <br />Type and flavour among youth <br />The proportion of youth reporting current use was too small to assess the most <br />frequently used types or flavours in current users, so Figures 5 and 6 include everyone <br />who had tried an EC. One third had first used a tank model and the most popular <br />flavours among triers by far were fruit flavours. The responses for adults and youth are <br />not directly comparable given flavours were assessed for adult current EC users, but in <br />the latter group, fruit flavours were less popular than tobacco flavours. <br />