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The rise in vaping is of great concern because the parts encompassing in greater cognitive activities including the prefrontal cortex of the brain continues to develop into the 20s. [1] Nicotine exposure during brain development may hamper growth of neurons and brain circuits, effecting brain architecture, chemistry, and neurobehavioral activity.
The public health community is divided over the use of these devices to reduce/prevent smoking. [2] As of 2017 they were not approved by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a smoking cessation product. [3] In the United Kingdom, a 2021 review by Public Health England (PHE) reported vaping to be around 95% less harmful ...
Breakdown by age revealed the age range between 16 and 17 had highest prevalence (13.6%), followed by the 14 to 15 age range (4.6%), and the 12 to 13 age range (1.2%). In terms of socioeconomic status, there was a greater prevalence of youth currently smoking below the poverty level (7.6%) than at or above the poverty level (6.2%). [7]
Early puberty may represent a critical window of physiological changes in boys, scientists say Boys who smoke and vape ‘risk passing on damaged genes to their children’ Skip to main content
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 ...
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 ...
In addition, Australia has one of the highest abortion rates in this age group, with the proportion of pregnancies ending in abortion having increased from 20% to over 50% over the past 30 years. This figure has since remained stable. [26] In 2013, the birth rate in Australia among young women was 14.6 births per 1,000 women. [7]
Electronic cigarettes are marketed to smoking and non-smoking men, women, and children as being safer than cigarettes. [1] In the 2010s, large tobacco businesses accelerated their marketing spending on vape products, [2] [3] similar to the strategies traditional cigarette companies used in the 1950s and 1960s.