WHO estimates at least 15 million teenagers use e-cigarettes worldwide


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  • Monday, 06 Oct 2025

A man smokes a disposable vape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Britain, September 14, 2023. REUTERS/Carl Recine

-At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally,with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

In its first global estimate of e-cigarette use, the WHO said more than 100 million people worldwide are now vaping, including at least 86 million adults, mostly in high-income countries.

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