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Vaping rates in middle school are on a slightly different trajectory. CDC data also shows that vaping among middle schoolers has climbed from 3.3% in 2022 to 4.6% in 2023. Bebi Davis, the vice ...
The problem with in-school vaping. While vaping in or near schools is actually illegal in 10 states — and a federal law bans the sale of such products to anyone under 18 (with some states upping ...
E-cigarette use among middle and high school students dropped from 2.13 million students in 2023 to 1.63 million students in 2024, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey, published Thursday.
Even with fewer school-age users, U.S. youth vaping "remains a serious public health problem," in part due to the vaping industry that "remains relentless in finding new ways to addict kids," said ...
These genetic risk factors do not operate in isolation from environmental risk factors, rather they often function synergistically to influence smoking behavior. For example, school environment (i.e. school smoking norms, prevalence of student smoking, etc.) has been shown to moderate the genetic risk factor for smoking in adolescents. [33]
Around 2.5 million teens report vaping, and vaping rates are nearing pre-pandemic levels. Flavored disposable e-cigarettes are popular among teens.
Teenagers may not admit to using e-cigarettes, but use, for instance, a hookah pen. [93] As a result, self-reporting may be lower in surveys. [93] More recent studies show a trend of an increasing proportion of young people who use e-cigarettes. In 2018, 20% of high school students were using e-cigarettes.
And while a 2023 study that controlled for state-level differences found that the passage of Tobacco 21 laws is associated with a 2-to-4 percentage-point decline in smoking participation among 18-to-20-year-olds and a spillover effect of a reduction in smoking among youth aged 16-17, [19] a 2024 study found a much weaker effect size (less than ...