high schoolhomophilypeer influencesocial network analysissurveyvapingSMOKING-CESSATIONGENDER-DIFFERENCESTOBACCOBackground: Peer influence on risky behavior is particularly potent in adolescence and varies by gender. Smoking prevention programs focused on peer-group leaders have shown great promise, and a ...
Vaping in high school students A. Its taste.rose by 900 percent between 2011 and 2015. B. Its price.Daily e-cigarette doubles a person's risk of a heart attack.However, if you quit, the risk begins to fall very quickly. C. Its shape.Vaping, like cigarette smoking, can also blunt ...
After vaping and alcohol, the most common thing teens use is marijuana, the survey found. About 1 in 4 students said they'd used marijuana at least once in the past year. It was more common in older kids - about 1 in 17 high school seniors said they use marijuana every da...
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. "...
Vape use in high school students rose by 900 percent between 2011 and 2015. Quitting vaping can be difficult, just like trying to stop smoking. There are some immediate, though often temporary, negative effects. The positive ones soon outpace the negative, however. In as little as 20 minutes...
Let's take a look at how vaping impacts school health and safety: 1. Nicotine use can harm adolescent brain development. In middle school and high school, students go through critical changes in their developing brains. Nicotine impairs the growth of neurons and directly harms the portions of ...
Just 5% of middle school students said they had recently used them. That marked a big decrease from a similar survey in 2019. The earlier survey found nearly 28% of high school students and 11% of middle school students had recently vaped. ...
The annual survey involved the participation of more than 44,000 students in eighth, 10th and 12th grades from 392 public and private schools.More than 1 in 5 high school seniors reported use of an illicit drug in the past month, with marijuana the leading choice by far....
MIAMI - Nine Miami-Dade high schools have installed vaping sensors in student bathrooms, and Broward schools are considering similar measures. Sunset High School in West Kendall is one of the schools to declare war on teen vaping, having already suspended nine students. "Many teenagers are ...
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 students in 2023. When including middle school students, the drop was from 8% in 2023 to under 6% in 2024. ...