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Vaping risks scare local teens, but many are too addicted to quit

Many local teens admit they are addicted to vaping⁠— it rules their school day and social life. And schools are desperate to control what officials are calling an epidemic.

Mike Wajda of Phila. smokes a nicotine based e-liquid in front of Munchies Tobacco at 3rd and South St. in Phila., Pa. on September 26, 2019.
Mike Wajda of Phila. smokes a nicotine based e-liquid in front of Munchies Tobacco at 3rd and South St. in Phila., Pa. on September 26, 2019.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer