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A systemic study showed that increasing taxation, banning some flavors, sale licenses and label warnings on electronic cigarettes have decreased the incidences of youth vaping. [63] Although no single regulation has been found to be the most effective, having multiple regulations does make an impact in decreasing vaping among the youth. [63]
Vaping has slightly declined among teens. The use of e-cigarettes among high schoolers decreased from 14.1% to 10% from 2022 to 2023, the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey found. But for this ...
The 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey reported that 1.63 million school-age children had used e-cigarettes at least once in the past 30 days, down from 2.13 million a year ago.
Youth who believe they are vaping without nicotine could still be inhaling nicotine because there are significant differences between declared and true nicotine content. [ 83 ] A 2016 US Surgeon General report concluded that e-cigarette use among young adults and youths is of public health concern. [ 71 ]
When the surgeon general, in 2018, declared teen vaping an epidemic, one in five high school students reported having used e-cigarettes. Usage was increasing faster than for any previous substance.
The scientific community in the United States and Europe are primarily concerned with the possible effect of electronic cigarette use on public health. [1] There is concern among public health experts that e-cigarettes could renormalize smoking, weaken measures to control tobacco, [2] and serve as a gateway for smoking among youth. [3]
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 ...
Half a million fewer U.S. youth reported current use of e-cigarettes in 2024 compared to 2023. In 2024, an estimated 6… Youth vaping dropped to lowest levels in a decade, federal data shows