Roadshows to highlight the health risks of vaping and give advice on how to stop have taken place in secondary schools across Inverclyde.

The Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Health Improvement team worked with education staff to coordinate the roadshows in all 6 Inverclyde secondary schools.

They took place throughout June following the changes to legislation to ban the sale of single-use vapes from June 1, 2025.

The roadshows had information on the risks of vaping to health and wellbeing, both physically and mentally; highlighted the dangers of lithium batteries; and provided information on stopping vaping.

Partners involved in the roadshows included the Health Improvement Team, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Action for Children, Kooth mental health support for young people, Quit Your Way (Smoking Cessation) and Inverclyde  Council/HSCP’s Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Substance Officers.

Vice-chair of Inverclyde Integrated Joint Board (IJB), the organisation which oversees the work of Inverclyde HSCP, Councillor Francesca Brennan, welcomed the roadshows.

She said: “Banning single-use vapes is an important step forward in curbing their use, and it is particularly important for young people.

“The roadshows were designed to be informal and about engaging with young people about health improvement rather than about telling them what to do.

“I welcome the work the HSCP’s Health Improvement Team is doing in secondary schools to work with young people on reducing vaping and I am really pleased this will continue into the 2025/26 term.”