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Alarm at rise in vaping among non-smokers

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October 03, 2024

One million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, a seven-fold increase in just three years, according to research that has alarmed health experts.

- Andrew Gregory

Rates of e-cigarette use among adults who had never previously been regular smokers were stable until 2021, when one in 200 - about 133,000 people were vapers. However, the proportion has increased sharply to one in 28 in 2024 - 1,006,000 people, a study published in the Lancet Public Health journal suggests.

Separate figures from the Office for National Statistics also published this week show 5.1 million people aged 16 or over in Britain about one in 10 - use e-cigarettes. Vaping rates were highest among those aged 16 to 24, at 15.8%, the ONS found.

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