In a survey, 10% of high school students said they had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month, down from 14% last year. Use of any tobacco product—including cigarettes and cigars—also fell among high schoolers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. "...
In the latest report, the CDC highlighted one worrisome but puzzling finding. There was a slight increase in middle schools students who said they had used at least one tobacco product in the past month, while that rate fell among high school students. Usually those move in tandem,...
Around 27.6% of New Jersey high school students said they used an e-cigarette within the last 30 days, according to the2019 NJ Student Health Survey. Two years later, that numberdroppedto around 22%. The 2021 survey found that girls, at 25.7%, were more likely than boys, at 16.4%, ...
by Mike Stobbe In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018 file photo, a high school principal displays vaping devices that were confiscated from students in such places as restrooms or hallways at the school in Massachusetts. A government study released on Thursday, June 7, 2018, said teen vaping seemed...
Some Marion County students support the rules. “I feel like it’s actually a good thing for the school because it’s a distraction if the kids want to just leave out of class to go vape or just be doing it in class and not be paying attention to the teacher,” high school senior ...
Legislation to ban vape flavors by Dick Durbin last year to be introduced in Congress by CO Congresswoman DeGette. News Youth Drug Usage Survey Destroys Claim That Vaping Is A Gateway Drug New survey data from the University of Michigan shows increase in vaping among high school students but ...
Vaping by high school students dropped this year, says US report A new government report shows fewer high school students are vaping. About 10% of high school students said they had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month. November 3, 2023 Communities can’t recycle or trash disposa...
Officially launched on September 18, “The Real Cost” Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign aims to educate the 10.7 million American kids ages 12-17 about the dangers of vaping. The FDA notesin this press releasethat “more than 2 million middle and high school students were current users of...
Past 30-day vaping among high school students increased from 1.5 percent in 2011 to 4.5 percent in 2013, and to 13.4 percent in 2014. "When e-cigarette use came in, smoking rates dropped between 25 and 40 percent," Levy said. "Smoking rates inyoung adultshave dropped by almost 50 percen...
“It’s fascinating that despite the fact that we have very high rates of opioids and heroin among adults, adolescents have the lowest rates that we have seen since the inception of the survey,” Volkow said. For instance, Vicodin use dropped by 58.4% in eighth-graders, 75.4% in 10th-...