Vaping: Positive And Negative Consequences Of Smoking

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This article was mainly about kids smoking because of "Vaping". Vaping is when an indivisual inhales and exhales the vapor produced by and electronic cigarette or similar device. For some kids, this has become a big habit in their daily lives. This article contains results from studies performed by experts that prove that teens who vape are very likely to take up smoking cigarettes.

In one study, teens were asked questions about their background, and 222 out of 2,530 nonsmoking ninth graders said they had vaped. The researchers then repeated their survey with the same kids 6 months later, and then 1 year later. Compared with kids who didn't vape, the ones who did were about 3 times as likely to start smoking tobacco products during

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