The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned e-cigarettes 'are not a risk-free product and can be just as addictive, if not more so than traditional cigarettes'.
Paediatricians have warned youth vaping is"fast becoming an epidemic among children" as they called for the government to ban disposable vapes., which closes on Tuesday, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health warned they"are not a risk-free product and can be just as addictive, if not more so than traditional cigarettes".
"However, since e-cigarettes have only been on sale in the UK since 2007, long-term studies don't yet exist," it said. "It took experts decades to fully understand the impact of traditional cigarettes, we cannot risk our children's health in waiting this long again for longer-term studies."a 50% rise in the proportion of children trying vapingIt found a rise in experimental vaping among 11 to 17-year-olds, from 7.7% last year to 11.6% this year.
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