Smoking cigarettes or vaping can be addictive and can be bad for your health. Quitting can be very difficult. But there's lots of help out there if you want to quit smoking or help someone else stop
You must be over 18 to buy cigarettes in the UK. If you’re under 16 the police have the right to confiscate your cigarettes.
It's illegal:
for shops to sell you cigarettes if you are underage
for an adult to buy you cigarettes if you are under 18
to have, give or sell cannabis to anyone. If you are caught with cannabis you could get a warning, a formal caution, or be arrested. You could even be sent to prison
to smoke in a car with a child.
What are the Dangers of Under Age Smoking?
Extensive research has demonstrated the harmful effects that smoking has on health. Smoking contributes to a variety of health conditions, including cancers and respiratory, digestive and circulatory diseases, whilst also impairing the development of teenage lungs.
Support & Advice for Smoking
E-cigarettes are devices that heat a liquid into an aerosol that the user inhales. The liquid usually has nicotine and flavoring in it, and other additives. The nicotine in e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes is addictive. E-cigarettes are considered tobacco products because most of them contain nicotine, which comes from tobacco.