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16. According to a 2015 CDC report, vaping use is now higher than tobacco amongst adolescents

Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:21 PM

Feb 2018

E-cigarette use among middle school and high school students tripled in one year, reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday. The new data shows that e-cigarette use has surpassed the use of all tobacco products, including regular cigarettes, among young people.

The data, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, shows that e-cigarette use among high schoolers increased from 4.5% in 2013 to 13.4% in 2014. That’s a rise from about 660,000 students to 2 million, the CDC says. Use among middle schoolers rose from 1.1% to 3.9% in the same time period.

http://time.com/3825218/ecig-teens/

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Is anyone surprised by this? HopeAgain Feb 2018 #1

Most e-cig users, like my spouse and me,... ret5hd Feb 2018 #2

I agree, I was up to as many cigs as I could smoke while awake angstlessk Feb 2018 #3

there is a prescription inhaler called nicotrol Mosby Feb 2018 #6

Looks interesting...why have I never heard of this??? angstlessk Feb 2018 #7

I successfully quit a 30-year tobacco habit using e-cigs. earthshine Feb 2018 #11

I'm still working on lowering my nic levels..I'm at 12% angstlessk Feb 2018 #30

And that's fine, because they probably are -- just as long as you are fine with not vaping pnwmom Feb 2018 #25

You think cigarettes are safer? angstlessk Feb 2018 #4

Of course not, but nicotine gum is HopeAgain Feb 2018 #10

Good for you..I did the gum and patches... angstlessk Feb 2018 #14

HopeAgain never claimed to be a saint Skittles Feb 2018 #31

I am allowed my own perspective angstlessk Feb 2018 #33

LOL Skittles Feb 2018 #36

I did not mean to offend you HopeAgain Feb 2018 #32

I do not object that they require standards angstlessk Feb 2018 #34

Likely lots of folks on DU Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #5

I agree whole hartetly...but I have never seen any romance regarding ecigs angstlessk Feb 2018 #8

I live in Asheville, NC. I am currently visiting in southern FL. earthshine Feb 2018 #13

I don't suppose the youth want to mimic that? angstlessk Feb 2018 #15

According to a 2015 CDC report, vaping use is now higher than tobacco amongst adolescents OnlinePoker Feb 2018 #16

Well better than smoking cigs angstlessk Feb 2018 #18

Not vaping or smoking cigarettes at all should be the goal OnlinePoker Feb 2018 #20

Hell there is a plethora of vices one should not imbibe in angstlessk Feb 2018 #21

Don't worry...the Republicans blocked that. n/t OnlinePoker Feb 2018 #22

That would be 'on line' gambleing angstlessk Feb 2018 #24

North Carolina...home of tobacco angstlessk Feb 2018 #35

The discussions were around 2012-2014, I believe. Ms. Toad Feb 2018 #37

The other issue is second-hand smoking. Some vaping proponents felt that smoking bans pnwmom Feb 2018 #26

OnlinePoker talks about bad habits! angstlessk Feb 2018 #9

It's the news outlet for the American Association for the Advancement of Science OnlinePoker Feb 2018 #12

Has your source mentioned the toxins in actual cigarettes? angstlessk Feb 2018 #17

Vaping proponents were arguing that the off gas contained nothing but water, and that they should pnwmom Feb 2018 #27

I don't disagree.. angstlessk Feb 2018 #29

cigarettes are allowed most of outdoors and are worse. bettyellen Feb 2018 #38

Yeah, so? n/t pnwmom Feb 2018 #39

So prohibiting it outdoors is ridiculous. bettyellen Feb 2018 #40

Some were arguing that vaping should be allowed on planes, in airports, in malls, pnwmom Feb 2018 #41

ALL vape devices produce these elements ?!?! This is a screwed up study claiming "significant" ... uponit7771 Feb 2018 #19

eggazctly...many doctors used to advertise the health effects of smoking angstlessk Feb 2018 #23

Big tobacco is in the vaping business now. And I agree, I don't trust them either. n/t pnwmom Feb 2018 #28