Youngsters who vape five times more likely to start smoking

There is growing concern at the number of  young teens who vape as a rite of passage through secondary school.

Young people who use e-cigarettes are up to five times as likely to begin smoking tobacco cigarettes, according to new research.

The results of a project undertaken by the Health Research Board (HRB) show that users of e-cigarettes — the formal term for vaping products — are between three and five times “more likely to start smoking tobacco cigarettes compared to those who never used e-cigarettes".