article_snippet.sent: Many teenagers are tempted to try e-cigarettes, but few adopt the electronic devices as habit, a new study has found .
article_snippet.sent: Many teenagers are tempted to try e-cigarettes, but few become regular users, scientists have discovered.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, scientists found most of those teens who do try e-cigarettes are also smokers.
article_snippet.sent: In all, 1,601 children aged 10 to 11 and 9,055 children aged 11 to 16 were quizzed about 1,601 children use of e-cigarettes.
article_snippet.sent: Experts at Cardiff University found use of e-cigarettes at least once was more common than having smoked a conventional cigarette in all age groups, bar the oldest (15 to 16 year olds).
article_snippet.sent: Almost six per cent of 10 to 11 year olds had tried e-cigarettes, far more than had been tempted by tobacco (1.6 per cent).
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, 12 per cent of 11 to 16 year olds said Experts at Cardiff University had used e-cigarettes, irrespective of gender, ethnic background, or family affluence.
article_snippet.sent: This is in contrast with the pattern seen in smokers, where all these factors come into play.
article_snippet.sent: Experts at Cardiff University said Experts at Cardiff University suggests e-cigarettes may have a wider appeal across all sectors of the teenage population.
article_snippet.sent: The proportion of teens who used e-cigarettes, but who had never smoked, rose from 5 per cent among 10 to 11 year olds, to eight per cent among 15 to 16 year olds.
article_snippet.sent: Experts at Cardiff University note Experts at Cardiff University findings suggest 'e-cigarettes are unlikely to make a major, direct contribution to adolescent nicotine addiction at present'.
article_snippet.sent: Experts at Cardiff University note the World Health Organisation recognise there is little evidence as to whether e-cigarettes may or may not act as a gateway to conventional smoking.
article_snippet.sent: The odds of regular e-cigarette use were 100 times higher among current weekly smokers than among non-smokers, and 50 times higher among those who had smoked cannabis .
article_snippet.sent: The strong link between current smoking and e-cigarette use suggests that teens are not using these products to help teens quit smoking, Experts at Cardiff University said.
article_snippet.sent: Experts at Cardiff University admit that a lack of consensus about what constitutes ‘use’ of an e-cigarette presents something of a challenge for research in this area, and suggest that further much longer term studies to include the generation of young people who have grown up with e-cigarettes are needed before firmer conclusions can be drawn.
article_snippet.sent: The Cardiff University study noted most of those teens who do try e-cigarettes are also smokers, suggesting those teens who do try e-cigarettes are not using the electronic alternatives to try and quit those teens who do try e-cigarettes habits .
article_snippet.sent: E-cigarettes do not attract non-smokers.'
article_snippet.sent: Professor Paul Aveyard, at the University of Oxford, said: 'The Cardiff University study shows that teenagers do what teenagers do: teenagers experiment with smoking and nowadays also with e-cigarettes. '
article_snippet.sent: Consequently some people who have never tried tobacco cigarettes try e-cigarettes but only a few use some people who have never tried tobacco cigarettes at least monthly, suggesting some people who have never tried tobacco cigarettes are unattractive to people who do not smoke. '
article_snippet.sent: About a fifth of regular smokers are using e-cigarettes, which is not a concern because e-cigarettes are less likely to harm users than are tobacco cigarettes. '
article_snippet.sent: It is hard to measure rare events but this survey was large enough to be sure that fewer than one in 200 never-smokers used an e-cigarette at least once a month.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Noted most teens who try e-cigarettes are already smokers .
  