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Health
Savannah Meacham

Alarm as steep rise in youth vaping overtakes smoking

More young people are vaping than smoking with health authorities worried about the steep rise. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

Vaping has overtaken smoking among young South Australians for the first time with data showing a steep rise in usage.

The number of South Australians aged 15 to 29 vaping daily or weekly nearly doubled from 8.4 per cent in 2022 to 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to the state's Population Health Survey Module System.

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