Thank you for vaping: How tobacco companies are attracting a new generation

New plans to ban the sale of 'heated tobacco products' cast light on the myriad ways tobacco companies now have to encourage young people's dependence on nicotine, including vaping, which is now immensely popular among people of all ages

Katelyn Benson, 19, from Ballisadare, Co Sligo: 'People would shun you if you smoked but they have no problem with vaping.' Picture: James Connolly

Kate Winslett vaped her way through Mare of Easttown, teenagers puff on flavoured e-cigarettes and across Europe, sales of heated tobacco are spiralling.

However as interest grows among adults and some claim vaping helps quit smoking tobacco, there is growing concern at the number of young teens vaping, with one youth worker saying children as young as 13 are vaping in schools.