Novel tobacco and nicotine products and youth in the European Union

In recent years, there has been a rapid proliferation of novel tobacco and nicotine products in the market, which have gained popularity among adolescents. The prevalence ever users electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) Europe those aged 10–24 ranges from 5.5% to 56.6%, with significant variations across countries. Adolescents reported several reasons for e-cig use initiation, including low harm perception, social acceptability, novelty, peer influence. Despite being marketed as safe alternatives, e-cigs are not risk-free already associated respiratory diseases. A major concern is their potential renormalize smoking non-smokers foster dependence, leading initiation conventional cigarette smoking, would reverse actual declining trends consumption. Hence, prevent setback on progress made control, pressing need more comprehensive regulation, particular focus adolescents, given that teenage years pivotal determining future behavior.