Written question – Growing use of e-cigarettes and vapes among young people – E-002392/2025

Question for written answer  E-002392/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Nicolás González Casares (S&D)

Against a backdrop in which many European countries are increasing restrictions on alternative ways of marketing tobacco such as e-cigarettes or vapes – 15 of which have requested that the Tobacco Taxation Directive be revised, pointing specifically to the impact of the new marketing routes – and in which statistical information – such as the recent figures provided by an Irish study on the impact of vapes on young people – suggests that three quarters of young people who use e-cigarettes or vapes had never smoked traditional tobacco:

• 1.Does the Commission know how many preventable cancer cases could arise as a result of the delay in proposing a new Tobacco Directive?
• 2.Does the Commission intend to respond to the Member States’ request to revise the Tobacco Directive by coming up with a proposal that incorporates the new marketing routes?
• 3.Is the Commission carrying out any studies on consumption patterns for e-cigarettes and vapes among young people?

Submitted: 13.6.2025