{"id":85679,"date":"2026-02-27T11:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=85679"},"modified":"2026-02-28T08:32:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T08:32:03","slug":"european-girls-aged-13-15-have-worlds-highest-rate-of-tobacco-use-for-age-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/european-girls-aged-13-15-have-worlds-highest-rate-of-tobacco-use-for-age-group\/","title":{"rendered":"European girls aged 13-15 have world\u2019s highest rate of tobacco use for age group"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1XbC9E.img?w=534&amp;h=427&amp;m=6\" alt=\"There has been a \u2018deliberate industry strategy targeting young people\u2019, according to a WHO official. Photograph: Artranq\/Getty Images\/iStockphoto\" width=\"485\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Teenage girls in Europe have the highest rate of tobacco use in their age group around the world, while one in seven adolescents across the continent use vapes and e-cigarettes, figures show. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/european-girls-aged-13-15-have-world-s-highest-rate-of-tobacco-use-for-age-group\/ar-AA1XbaiD?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69a162bf06e248e38ee2e9c9c39e92fb&amp;cvpid=dc335007b40e42bea54d6d557c1aea70&amp;ei=17\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Teenage girls in Europe have the highest rate of tobacco use in their age group around the world, while one in seven&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-85679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/teen-girls-smoke.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85680,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85679\/revisions\/85680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}