Vaping risks to heart need to be highlighted to teens, expert suggests

That's according to a position paper, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

'Vaping is marketed towards teenagers and the tobacco industry uses celebrities to promote it as being healthier than smoking,' said senior author Professor Maja-Lisa Løchen of UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.

'Legislation on the marketing and sales of e-cigarettes varies enormously between countries,' said Professor Løchen. 'Action is urgently needed to halt the growing use in young people. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that e-cigarettes are harmful to health.'

Studies have reported that e-cigarette use in young people has increased from 5% in 2013 to nearly 25% in 2018. Up to 5% of adults use e-cigarettes, with wide variation between countries.