Young People and E-Cigarettes in Scotland: A Survey of Secondary School Pupils

Footnotes

1. They are also referred to by a variety of other terms including Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and e-shisha.

2. The ASH (2014) and ASH Scotland (2014a) briefings include useful descriptions of the main types of device on the market.

3. At the time of writing no MHRA-licensed e-cigarette was on the market.

4. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_127_R_0001

5. www.gov.scot/tobaccofreegeneration

6. http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/programme-for-government

7. http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/89934.aspx

8. The monthly Smoking in England Survey is a good source of up-to-date information on adult use of e-cigarettes. A quarterly summary report is provided on the Smoking Toolkit website: http://www.smokinginengland.info/latest-statistics/

9. Cochrane Reviews are systematic reviews of primary research in health care and health policy, and internationally recognised as the highest standard in evidence-based health care. They investigate the effects of interventions for prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

10. For example, see reports drawing on research undertaken for Cancer Research UK: de Andrade et al 2013a, 2013b; Bauld et al 2014.

11. These include the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act 2002 which banned most forms of tobacco advertising across the UK; the Tobacco and Primary Medical Services Act (Scotland) 2002 which banned tobacco displays in shops; and the UK-wide regulations introduced as part of the Children and Families Act 2014 which will bring in a requirement for standardized packaging from May 2016.

http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Public-Health/SALSUS/

13. The UK-wide Youth Tobacco Policy Survey introduced a number of questions on e-cigarettes including marketing. Results were in press at the time this report was being written.