SCC VAPINGUK Vaping & Nicotine Evidence Observatory

Official UK statistics

Prevalence with the denominator attached.

Official survey estimates are handled as statistical resources, not as biomedical evidence or causal conclusions.

ONS statusParsed
Latest ONS year2024
ONS estimates retained1,188
2024 estimates108

Comparability matters

ONS series: survey/question changes in 2018 and 2020 affect parts of the time series. SCC Vaping retains accompanying notes rather than presenting every year as directly interchangeable.

Adults

ONS e-cigarette estimates are retained with year, population group and confidence limits in the research release.

Young people

NHS England and OHID indicators are kept in a separate youth statistical layer with survey provenance.

No causal inference

A prevalence change is a descriptive observation. It is not, on its own, evidence of why use changed or what health outcome followed.