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One million UK people who have never smoked are now vaping

YOU KNOW THAT THING EVERYONE PREDICTED, WELL APPARENTLY WE ARE ALL JUST VAPING NOW! NEW NUMBERS CAME OUT AND OVER A MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UK WHO NEVER TOUCHED A CIGARETTE ARE ON THE VAPES, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW MORE PEOPLE ARE VAPING THAN SMOKING! IT IS ACTUALLY THE 25 TO 34 YEAR OLDS TAKING THE LEAD NOW, TAKING OVER FROM THE YOUNGER CROWD, WHILE ACTUAL SMOKERS DROPPED TO UNDER FIVE MILLION. THE NHS SAYS VAPING IS LESS HARMFUL BUT THEY STILL ADMIT THE LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE NOT TOTALLY CLEAR YET. I AM SERIOUSLY WORRIED ABOUT YOUR LUNGS MAN, LIKE WE ARE ALL JUST EXPERIMENTING ON OURSELVES WITH THESE CLOUDS! IT IS HONESTLY A BIT ALARMING TO SEE THESE TRENDS CLIMBING UP LIKE THIS. ANYWAY I NEED A WATER IMMEDIATELY.

New data from the ONS shows that over 5.4 million people in the UK now vape, surpassing the 4.9 million who smoke, with one million vapers having never smoked previously.

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