Children so addicted to nicotine they sleep with vapes under pillow, Australian hearing told

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Children are sleeping with vaping devices under their pillow because they are so addicted to nicotine they can't get through the night without a hit, a hearing into tobacco reforms has heard.

Speaking on behalf of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (Racgp), Dr Hester Wilson said young people are being inundated" with advertisements promoting vaping on social media and are grappling with nicotine addiction.

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