Teen e-cigarette or vaping rates have changed rapidly over the years. Rates of e-cigarette use among teens increased substantially from 2012 to 2018, and recently decreased in 2021. Vaping and e-cigarettes are harmful to health and are especially unsafe for youth and young adults. Addi...
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On June 23, 2022, the FDA ordered Juul, for "the protection of public health," to stop selling “all of their products currently marketed in the United States.” Critics had grown especially concerned about the skyrocketing popularity of vaping among teens and the role Juul’s colorful packagi...
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Senator Schumer held up a JUUL e-cig device and said the FDA should require mandatory purchasing age of 18 on all e-cigarettes saying that 1 in 5 teens have vaped in recent months. Sen. Schumer is just one of many New York politicians saying that products are targeting teens with 'flavor...
…it’s not clear how much good the FDA ban will do. It is already illegal for teens under age 18 to buy e-cigarettes, but that hasn’t stopped them. …One risk of the FDA’s flavor ban is more teens might buy e-cigarettes on the black market that are less safe. Illegal products...
The smoking rate for adults is roughly 14% and has been falling slowly for decades. The decline among teens has been seized upon by vaping proponents, who argue it undercuts the gravest argument against the nicotine-emitting devices: that they act as a “gateway” to traditional smoking. ...
The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Drug Abuse Monitoring the Future survey also shows that “America’s teens reported a dramatic increase in their use of e-cigarettes in just a single year, with 37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting use in the past 12 months, compared to...
Teens around the country are putting down e-cigarettes for good, according to the 2024 Annual National Youth Tobacco Survey released earlier this month. It found nearly 8% of high school students had used an e-cigarette within the last 30 days. That's a decrease from 10% of high school ...
“Our key point is that what MDHHS and Gov. Whitmer want to do is protect children’s health. Vaping by teens is skyrocketing, and that is negatively impacting children’s health.” However, a blanket ban on all flavored e-cigarette products makes it harder for...