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Want to quit vaping this year? Here’s what the evidence shows so far about effective strategies

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77% Informative

In the U.S. , recent reports estimate that 5.9% of youth and 4.5% of adults currently vape.

Vaping nicotine is addictive, and more and more research is being done to find out how best to quit.

Text message-based interventions may help young people to stop vaping nicotine.

Smoking cigarettes is more harmful than regulated, nicotine-containing vapes.

The diseases caused by smoking are caused by the burning of tobacco.

Vaping does not involve burning anything.

Cigarettes kill 1 in 2 users who don’t quit and harm others nearby through secondhand smoke.

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68

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60

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62

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informal

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English

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50

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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long-living

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