A study found a third of young people in the town have used electronic cigarettes.
An action plan has been drawn up warning young people in Blackpool of the dangers of vaping. It comes after a study found nearly a third of young people questioned in the town owned up to using electronic cigarettes.
Now health champion Healthwatch, which carried out the survey in Blackpool, has taken action to provide schools in the resort with vape awareness training and lesson plans for staff. A report to a meeting of the council’s Levelling Up Scrutiny Committee also says Healthwatch is “creating a bespoke lesson plan to address the myth that vaping helps with anxiety.
The 2023 Blackpool Healthwatch report engaged with more than 4,170 children and young people, with 3,532 participating in a survey which found 31 per cent of those who responded vaped or sometimes vaped. Of those who vape or sometimes vape, 42 per cent had vaped for one to two years and 20 per cent had vaped for six to 12 months. Forty per cent of those who vape do so daily, and 75 per cent of those who vape use disposables vapes.
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