Question reference: S4W-20367
- Asked by: David Stewart, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 26 March 2014
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 April 2014
Question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken research into the uptake of the use of e-cigarettes by (a) ex-smokers, (b) people under 18 and (c) non-smokers.
Answer
E-cigarettes are relatively new products so only limited research is available. While the Scottish Government has not commissioned its own research into the use of e-cigarettes, a question on the use of e-cigarettes by under 18s has been added for the first time to the Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey. The 2013-2014 data will be available late 2014. More generally, new questions asking about the use of electronic cigarettes were added to the Scottish Health Survey in 2014 and the data will be available in September 2015.