Pupils who try vaping more likely to smoke

between vaping and a higher probability of cigarette smoking.

Children who had never smoked but had tried an e-cigarette were nearly four times more likely to smoke at least one tobacco-filled cigarette within a year than those who had avoided vaping.

Expert opinion is divided on whether e-cigarettes can act as a young person’s gateway to tobacco and other drugs.

The devices, which HIGH doses of vitamin C found in fruit and green leafy veg could be a key weapon in fighting cancer, according to research.

The study suggests it may encourage blood cancer stem cells to die.

Researchers say Vitamin C may “tell” faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of multiplying to cause blood cancers.

They explained certain genetic changes are known to reduce the ability of an enzyme called TET2 to encourage stem cells to become mature blood cells, which eventually die, in many patients with certain kinds of leukaemia.

The study, published online by the journal Cell.

having that massive outpouring of emotion around me.

“I am a very private person, and it was not easy. There was a lot of noise, a lot of crying, a lot of wailing, people were throwing stuff, people were fainting.’’ Prince Harry has also voiced his disapproval at having to walk in Diana’s funeral cortege.

deliver a nicotine “hit”

without the dangerous chemicals contained in tobacco, are widely accepted as a safer option for people who already smoke.

Social psychologist Professor Mark Conner, from Leeds University, who led the research, said: “The findings suggest that among the teenagers who had never smoked, the use of e-cigarettes was a strong predicator that within 12 months they would have tried a conventional cigarette.

“It is impossible to say if these young people were just experimenting with cigarettes or were becoming more regular smokers.”

A total of 2,836 adolescents aged 14 and 15 were surveyed for the research, published in the journal Tobacco Control.