FEATURE
THE VAPE DEBATE
WHY DON’T MORE YOUNG WOMEN VAPE?
ARE THE REGULATIONS TO BLAME?
BY SOPHIE JARVIS, POLICY ADVISOR AT THE ADAM SMITH INSTITUTE AND
PROGRAMMES DIRECTOR AT THE ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK.
The government’s current approach to nicotine and
tobacco reminds me of the sex education scene in
Mean Girls: ‘Don’t have sex. You’ll get pregnant and
die.’ Abstinence may be best contraception in theory,
but it doesn’t work in practice. Most of us recognise that
abstinence doesn’t work for everyone, so instead we
focus on reducing the harms of unwanted pregnancies
and STDs by teaching teenagers about contraception.
Yet, when it