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Youth vaping levels fell to the lowest in a decade this year, according to a new CDC and FDA report. Rates are one-third of the 2019 peak. Are teens finally ditching vaping?
While anti-tobacco watchdogs applaud the drop in teen vaping, they still fret about kids who frequently use these devices. Among teens who vape, 42% of high school users and 27% of middle school ...
Around 2.5 million teens report vaping, and vaping rates are nearing pre-pandemic levels. Flavored disposable e-cigarettes are popular among teens.
The United States has taken numerous measures, ranging from changes in national policy surrounding youth cigarette access to changes in media campaigns, in attempts to eliminate the use of tobacco products among teenagers. Approximately 90% of smokers begin smoking prior to the age of 18. [1] [2]
To anyone but a teen (or the parent of one), the stories may seem shocking — but less so if you consider the statistics about who vapes: more than 2.55 million youth in the U.S., including at ...
Experimenting with vaping encourages young people to continue smoking. [91] A 2015 study found minors had little resistance to buying e-cigarettes online. [92] 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]
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 ...
WASHINGTON −Six years after teen vaping was declared an epidemic, the use of e-cigarettes by young people has declined to its lowest level in a decade. “That’s a big deal,” Health and ...