It was reported this month in a national Dutch newspaper: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/01/beginnen-met-een-sigaretje-daarna-elke-dag-een-nicokick-jongeren

It was reported this month in a national Dutch newspaper: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/01/beginnen-met-een-sigaretje-daarna-elke-dag-een-nicokick-jongeren-blijven-sigaretten-en-vapes-roken-a4867791 https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/01/beginnen-met-een-sigare... I'm not sure if any specific scientific research points out this link, but it has been suspected for a while based on anecdotal evidence. The interviews in the newspaper article are examples of that (and not limited to this one news source). The stagnation of the downward trend has been documented though: https://www.vzinfo.nl/roken/jongeren#elektro-roken-scholieren https://www.vzinfo.nl/roken/jongeren#elektro-roken-scholiere...