Bangkok Post – Alarm sounds over jump in young e-cigarette users

E-cigarette use among schoolchildren has increased fivefold in seven years with most users beginning the habit while in primary school, according to a recent study.

The results were presented at a recent seminar jointly organised by the Centre for Tobacco Control Research and Education, the World Health Organization and the Tobacco Control Network.

Dr Chayanan Sittibut, director of the Department of Disease Control’s Tobacco Products Control Board, said there was deep concern about e-cigarette use among young Thais following the study conducted among 6,700…