‘Alarming’ number of people vape, global health leaders warn

The World Health Organisation has said that more than 100 million people around the world are now vaping. Picture: PA

An “alarming” number of people vape, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said as it released its first ever estimates on the number of people around the world who use e-cigarettes.

The global health body warned that the stop smoking aids are “hooking kids on nicotine earlier and risk undermining decades of progress”.