A QUARTER of university students are hooked on the UK’s most potent disposable vape pens, worrying figures show.
As well as the 27 per cent addicted to Elfbars, 53 per cent said they had used one since September.
Just one of the brightly coloured plastic puffers — available for as little as £3 each — has the same nicotine content as 48 cigarettes.
And while 45 per cent of students said one pen lasts them a week or more, 20 per cent get through one in 24 hours.
Student newspaper The Tab surveyed 18,000 youngsters from 24 universities.
It found Oxford Brookes had the largest proportion of student users since the start of term at 67 per cent, followed by Lincoln (64), Newcastle and Bristol (both 61).
READ MORE ON VAPING
More than half of UK airports ban smoking and vaping – full list of rules
My pregnant partner says vaping isn’t a danger to the baby – is she right?
Coventry and Manchester had the highest level of students who said they were addicted.
Half of the Elfbar vapers had never smoked cigarettes and 41 per cent puff only in social settings, while 36 per cent use them daily and 23 per cent not often.
Health psychology professor Dr Lion Shabbah told The Tab: “It doesn’t surprise me that increasingly quite a lot of students might be using Elfbars, but what does surprise me though, is that a lot of them obviously have never smoked.
“We may have to pivot a bit in terms of our approach to how we deal with this.”
Most read in Health
Covid cases up as Brits urged to give themselves the gift of jabs this Christmas
Nurses to strike on TWO more days next month in pay dispute
Mum who 'didn’t get a chance to fight’ dies 9 days after tragic diagnosis
Urgent warning as number of Brits in hospital with flu 'increases dramatically'
Elfbar was asked to comment.
Source: Read Full Article
