{
  "id": 12408488,
  "title": "Proportion of people in Great Britain vaping who never smoked doubles in four years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/proportion-of-people-in-great-britain-vaping-who-never-smoked-doubles",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T15:05:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/proportion-of-people-in-great-britain-vaping-who-never-smoked-doubles-in-four-years"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 1 million people in Great Britain now vape despite having never regularly smoked, ONS data shows More than 1 million people in Great Britain now vape despite never having been regular smokers, with rates nearly doubling in just four years, according to figures that health experts describe as concerning. About 5.4 million people aged 16 and above in England, Scotland and Wales (9.9%)…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}