This work aims to apply a social influence model to analyze vaping by gender in a high school network. Methods: A high school's student body was emailed an online survey asking for gender, age, grade level, vape status, and the names of three friends. Custom Java and MATLAB scripts were...
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. "...
Engage parents: Parents need to be involved in the conversation about teen vaping, both at home and at school. Schools can host parent workshops or send informational pamphlets to a family member to start the dialogue. Educate students: Many young adults are unaware of the harmful consequences ...
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 ...
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. Yet rates of overall marijuana use by 12th-graders have remained fairly steady despite morestates legalizing marijuanafor medical or recre...
In a new study published in theJournal of Youth and Adolescence, Lippert and his co-authors examined data from 65,000 middle and high school students to learn how environmental, social and cultural factors spurred the uptick. Schools emerged as critical contexts that shape youth health-related be...
Roughly 3.6 million middle school and high school students use E-cigarettes - are they unaware of the harmful health, disciplinary, and emotional repercussions from vaping? Do parents feel disappointment if they are notified from schools that their children have been caught vaping? Are vaping ...
High school vaping has now fallen to its lowest rate (10.0 percent) since 2013—and smoking cigarettes has nearly disappeared from schools altogether. Past-30 day smoking among all grades was at 1.6 percent—the third year in a row it has remained below 2.0 percent—and among high scho...
The bill now heads to Governor Phil Murphy, who has expressed a desire to ban flavored e-cigarettes in the past. Jan 13, 2020 San Diego school district sues Juul for "impeding learning" Lawsuit claims schools had to divert funds meant for education toward student anti-vaping campaign. ...