The rates of eighth, 10th and 12th graders who use e-cigarettes continued to rise this year and doubled from 2017 to 2019, research says
In 2019, one in four 12th grade students said they vaped within the previous 30 days, as well as one in five students in 10th grade and one in 11 in eighth, research published in the New England Journal of Medicine says. Disguised vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schoolsThere were also significant increases from 2018 to 2019 in the numbers of students who said they had vaped during the previous 12 months and who had ever vaped.
The National Institutes of Health say the annual results of the Monitoring the Future Survey were released early this year to notify public health officials working to curb vaping among teens. A 7th person has died from vaping-related causes. The CDC is stepping up its probe of e-cigarette illnesses"With 25% of 12th graders, 20% of 10th graders and 9% of eighth graders now vaping nicotine within the past month, the use of these devices has become a public health crisis," said Dr.
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