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Tobacco product use among U.S. pre-teens and teens has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 25 years, according to new federal data published Thursday. Researchers from the Centers for Disease ...
However, older adolescents have decreased their use of smokeless tobacco products between 2008 and 2011. [4] Thus, while smokeless tobacco is used less commonly than e-cigarettes, traditional cigarettes, or cigars, the lack of decline in smokeless tobacco rates is a public health concern.
Adult tobacco use by age (2013-2014 survey) [52] High school student cigarette use (1991–2007) As of 2022, a total of 11.2% of U.S. adults (11.7% of men and 10.8% of women) were regular smokers. [53] This was a considerable drop from 2005, when 23.9% of men and 18.1% of women were reported to be current smokers.
According to the National Youth Tobacco Survey of 2023, an estimated 1.5% of high school and middle school students (more than half of them boys), representing 400,000 adolescents, use nicotine ...
Teens are more likely to use e-cigarettes than cigarettes. About 31% of teenagers who use e-cigs started smoking within six months, compared to 8% of non-smokers. Manufacturers do not have to report what is in e-cigs, and most teens either say e-cigs contain only flavoring, or that they do not know what they contain. [293] [294]
Teen use has plummeted since reports reached an all-time high in 2019 when more than 5 million school-age kids reported they vaped, prompting the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on the ...
An estimated 34.3 million people in the United States, or 14% of all adults aged 18 years or older, smoked cigarettes in 2015, a figure that decreased to 13.7% of U.S. adults in 2018. [5] In 2015, the prevalence of smoking in individual U.S. states ranged from between 9.1% and 12.8% in Utah to between 23.7% and 27.4% in West Virginia .
Researchers surveyed almost 9,000 youngsters for the study.