Over a third of British Gen Z adults are hooked on nicotine, with vaping surge sharply reversing historic decline

A woman smokes an e cigarette in Oxford Street in central London. (Credit: Steve Taylor—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)

The share of young people in the U.K. who vape has tripled in the last three years, new research shows, pushing up nicotine addiction in a reversal of historic trends. 

Research from University College London suggests disposable vapes have created a sizable youth population who wouldn’t have smoked otherwise.