<p>The Department has not commissioned research on measures adopted by other countries to prevent the take-up of vaping by young people and adults. It is Government policy to help support adult smokers to switch to vaping to help them quit smoking. However, the Department keeps the emerging international evidence under continuous review.</p><p>Through Department funding to the National Institute for Health and Care Research it has commissioned the following research on youth vaping which is available at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR130292" target="_blank">https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR130292</a></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919303056" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395919303056</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036293/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036293/</a></p><p>The Nicotine vaping in England: 2022 evidence update also has a chapter on youth vaping and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nicotine-vaping-in-england-2022-evidence-update</a></p>