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Maryam Kara

Girls in UK drinking, vaping and smoking more than boys, study shows

Girls in the UK are drinking, smoking and vaping more than boys, a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered.

The report called Health Behaviour In School-Aged Children flagged that girls were found to be smoking, vaping and drinking more than boys across a broad pattern of behaviour. It also warned that vaping has replaced smoking as a dangerous recreational activity amongst school-children.

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