This booklet gives advice and support on reducing and giving up vaping or nicotine products
How do you support a child to quit vaping or reduce nicotine dependency?
There isn’t currently a national strategy for helping children break free from a nicotine dependency. Public health recommend that parents seek medical advice, for instance from a GP or an NHS adviser, if their child is struggling to quit. Only one nicotine replacement product, a mouth spray, is medicinally licensed to help people quit vaping but a GP should provide more detailed advice on other nicotine products such as chewing gum or lozenges commonly used to help those giving up tobacco. Such products should never be used by a child aged under 12, as nicotine is toxic for young children.
Some disposable vapes are marketed as “nicotine-free” but tests on many have found they DO contain nicotine and the potentially harmful flavourings and chemicals are still present and the repeated hand-to-mouth action can be a barrier to quitting completely.
Drawing on the best advice, with realistic strategies and rewards, we have developed a series of steps and measures to help parents or professionals help someone cut down or stop using nicotine or other harmful substances.

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This booklet gives advice and support on reducing and giving up vaping or nicotine products
