A quarter of all under-18s people who have started vaping already wish they could stop.
Those responding to a survey carried out by Public Health included school children in years 7-13, and students at the College of Further Education.
Out of the 2010 replies the survey received, 25% said they wished to quit vaping, with another 37% acknowledging they might also want to quit in the future.
Those who want to quit said a free service like Quitline for smokers would be useful.
Public Health is now looking to start a six-month trial stop-vaping service to help any 12 to 18-year-olds who want to quit.
The trial could start later this year and would offer a ‘three tier’ service.
Tier 1 would include a self-help booklet to help vapers taper their usage, before Tier 2 would bring in staff from Action for Children to carry out face-to face behavioural support.
Tier 3 would involve nicotine replacement therapy with school nurses and Quitline staff helping the youngsters.
The survey also found that of those young people who have started vaping, a vast majority said they don’t do it regularly.
88% said it’s an irregular habit, while 78% said they’ve only tried it once or twice to “give it a try”.
62% of the survey responses said they didn’t carry on vaping because of the health concerns associated with the habit. 95% said they didn’t want to be become addicted to it.
Where young people have already quit vaping, they said “denormalising vaping” and making vapes less available would help more widely.
Vapes will soon be ‘less available’ in Guernsey anyway with a ban on disposable vapes coming in on 31 January 2026.
Selling vapes to under 18s has been illegal since the start of this month.
