CDC: E-cigarettes, hookahs popular among middle and high-schoolers [View all]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A report released by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that more middle- and high-school students are embracing the emerging alternatives to smoking tobacco-based cigarettes.
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“This report raises a red flag about newer tobacco products,” CDC director Tohm Frieden said in a statement. “Cigars and hookah tobacco are smoked tobacco — addictive and deadly. We need effective action to protect our kids from addition to nicotine.”
The report cites data from the 2012 National Youth Tobacco Survey that showed recent e-cigarette use rose among middle school students from 0.6 percent in 2011 to 1.1 percent in 2012. Among high school students over that same time, the increase was from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent, according to the report.
Hookah use increased from 4.1 percent to 5.4 percent among high school students from between 2011 and 2012.
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