By News18,Surbhi Pathak

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Nearly 15 million children aged 13 to 15 are using e-cigarettes worldwide, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report. The findings reveal that teenagers are nine times more likely to vape than adults, marking a worrying rise in nicotine addiction that could reverse decades of progress in tobacco control.
The report estimates that 9.1 million boys and 5.6 million girls currently use e-cigarettes—meaning about 7.2% of adolescents globally are now vaping. This surge among teens raises urgent questions: why are adolescents turning to vaping, what’s driving their perception that it’s safer than smoking, and how are governments responding to this growing trend?