Vaping in Schools (Ministerial Discussions)

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 26 October 2023.

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Photo of Jenny Gilruth Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party

We remain concerned about the proportion of young people who are using vaping products. Scottish Government officials in the education and health and social care portfolios are working together to ensure that we take a holistic approach to tackling vaping in schools.

We are also working with Education Scotland and public and third sector partners to support work on substance use education. Future work will be informed by insights from our forthcoming behaviour in Scottish schools research, which, as I alluded to in a previous response, will be published next month. We would expect local authorities to work with schools to ensure appropriate measures are in place to deal with incidents of vaping.