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'Children should never vape': Doctors sound alarm over wide range of health impacts

'Children should never vape': Doctors sound alarm over wide range of health impacts
Sky News Thursday 20 August 2026, 02:06 UTC 1 min read
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Young pretty white girl in white cardigan smoking an electronic cigarette opposite destroyed brick wall on the street in the spring.

Vape teenager. Young pretty white girl in white cardigan smoking an electronic cigarette opposite destroyed brick wall on the street in the spring. Bad habit.
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