One in five consumers of tobacco and nicotine products aged 15 to 19 started by regularly using e-cigarettes.

Omissions

• The source states the figure as 'roughly one-in-five', so it is an approximation rather than an exact 20%.
• The claim does not cite the underlying survey (Eurobarometer / JRC analysis); the JRC page should be identified as the source.
• The exact publication date of the JRC explainer page could not be confirmed from the search results, but the data described is from before the session date.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – Joint Research Centre (JRC Explains): 'Tobacco now and then: what has changed?'For many teenagers, e-cigarettes are the first product they use regularly, with roughly one-in-five 15-19-year-olds and more than one-in-ten 20-24-year-olds who [use tobacco/nicotine products started with e-cigarettes].