More than 2.5 million adolescents use the products, according to new CDC and FDA data.
The findings, from the National Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, show more than 14 percent of high-schoolers and 3.3 percent of middle-schoolers were current users, defined as those who used e-cigarettes at last one day in the past month.
The new report showed that 85 percent of e-cigarette users chose flavored vapes, with fruit flavors being the overwhelming favorite, followed by candy, mint and menthol versions. More than half used disposable vapes., followed by Vuse, Hyde, and SMOK. Juul was not among the favorite brands.Robin Koval, CEO and president of Truth Initiative, a nonprofit tobacco control organization, said the results, consistent with the group’s own data, were disheartening.
The report showed that 1 in 4 e-cigarette users reported vaping daily and more than 4 in 10 said they vaped at least 20 of the past 30 days.“This is powerful evidence that kids aren’t just experimenting with e-cigarettes, but becoming addicted to the high-nicotine products now dominating the market,” said Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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