Personal Finance Daily: Telemedicine was mostly used for mental health when COVID-19 first hit and does vaping lead young people to smoke cigarettes?

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Does vaping lead young people to smoke cigarettes? These researchers say it’s worse than you might think

‘The start product has changed from cigarettes to e-cigarettes, but the end product has stayed the same.’

Telemedicine was mostly used for mental health when COVID-19 first hit

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