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Vaping substantially increases the risk of developing heart failure, new research suggests.

Those who use e-cigarettes are almost a fifth more likely to go onto develop the deadly condition, according to a four-year study.

Experts said it was particularly worrying given the large numbers of young people adopting the habit and warned it was 'worth considering the consequences to your health'.

Heart failure is a condition affecting in which the heart becomes too stiff or too weak to pump blood as effectively as it should.

More than a million UK adults and around 6.5million in the US suffer its debilitating symptoms.

Researchers tracked 175,000 adults in the US, and found those who use e-cigarettes were 19 per cent more likely to develop heart failure.

The increased risk was found to be the case after adjusting for other factors that can cause the condition, such as whether the participants were tobacco smokers or obese.

Dr Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, lead author of the new study, from MedStar Health in Baltimore, said: 'More and more studies are linking e-cigarettes to harmful effects and finding that it might not be as safe as previously thought.

'The difference we saw was substantial. 

'It's worth considering the consequences to your health, especially with regard to heart health.

'I think this research is long overdue, especially considering how much e-cigarettes have gained traction.