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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jane Kirby and Rebecca Thomas

Children who spend a lot of time on social media ‘more likely to vape’

Jacob King/PA Wire

Youngsters who spend a lot of time on social media are more likely to vape and smoke cigarettes, research suggests.

Children and young people on social media more than seven hours a day are eight times more likely to smoke than non-users, and four times more likely to vape.

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