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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

European girls aged 13-15 have world’s highest rate of tobacco use for age group

a young woman half obscured by vape smoke
There has been a ‘deliberate industry strategy targeting young people’, according to a WHO official. Photograph: Artranq/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Teenage girls in Europe have the highest rate of tobacco use in their age group around the world, while one in seven adolescents across the continent use vapes and e-cigarettes, figures show.

The data, based on analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO), shows that Europe is on course to maintain its status as the world’s biggest consumer of tobacco up to 2030, and reveals “particularly concerning” trends of tobacco use among women and young people.

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