Teenage E-Cigarette Use Drops to a 10-Year Low

New York Times —  The percentage of middle and high school students reporting that they vaped tobacco products declined to about a third of the peak levels in 2019, a new survey shows.

Experts attributed the decline to several factors, including public campaigns, flavor bans in some regions and crackdowns on sales of illicit products. Credit...Justin J Wee for The New York Times

The number of teenagers who reported using e-cigarettes in 2024 has tumbled from a worrisome peak reached five years ago, raising hopes among public health officials for a sustained reversal in vaping trends among adolescents.

In an annual survey conducted from January through May in schools across the nation, fewer than 8 percent of high school students reported using e-cigarettes in the past month, the lowest level in a decade.

That’s far lower than the apex, in 2019, when more than 27 percent of high school students who took the survey reported that they vaped — and an estimated 500,000 fewer adolescents than last year.

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