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Vapers in Great Britain who never smoked double in four years
Original: Proportion of people in Great Britain vaping who never smoked doubles in four years https://www.theguardian.com/society/
New figures show the proportion of people in Great Britain who vape but have never smoked has doubled in four years. The rise suggests e-cigarettes are increasingly being adopted by people with no history of tobacco use, raising questions among health commentators about nicotine uptake among non-smokers and what it means for public health policy on vaping.
Why now: Fresh official data on vaping among never-smokers has just been reported, fuelling debate about health risks of e-cigarettes.
Evidence
- Proportion of people in Great Britain vaping who never smoked doubles in four years https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/proportion-of-people-in-great-britain-vaping-who-never-smoked-doubles-in-four-years # Health # Vaping # Society · guardian_world@robot.villas · 2
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