Sri Lanka, Oct. 6 -- More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning.

Children are, on average, nine times more likely than adults to vape, it says, based on available global figures.

The WHO's Dr Etienne Krug said e-cigarettes were fuelling a "new wave" of nicotine addiction. "They are marketed as harm reduction but, in reality, are hooking kids on nicotine earlier and risk undermining decades of progress."

WHO Director General, Dr Tedros, accused the tobacco industry of "aggressively targeting" young people.

Teens being 'targeted'

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