Teen smoking hit an all-time low in the United States this year, part of a significant decline in youth tobacco use overall. The government stated Thursday.
There was a 20% decrease in the estimated number of middle and high school students who recently used at least one tobacco product, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, nicotine pods and hookahs. The number rose from 2.8 million last year to 2.25 million this year — the lowest level since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s main survey began in 1999.
“Reaching a 25-year low in the use of tobacco products among youth is an extraordinary public health milestone,” Deirdre Lawrence Ketner, director of the Office of Smoking and Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement. However, “our task is far from complete.”
A decline in vaping has previously been reported Health officials said this largely explains the overall decline in tobacco use from 10% to about 8% of students.
The rate of e-cigarettes among youth has fallen to less than 6% this year, down from 7.7% last year — an all-time low in the past decade. E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among teens, followed by… Nicotine pouches.
The use of other products has also declined.
Twenty-five years ago, approximately 30% of… High school students smoke. This year, it was only 1.7%, down from 1.9%. This one-year decline is too small to be considered statistically significant, but it represents the lowest level since the survey began 25 years ago. The middle school rate is also at its lowest.
The rate of shisha use also recently decreased from 1.1% to 0.7%.
The results come from an annual CDC survey of nearly 30,000 middle and high school students in 283 schools. The response rate this year was about 33%.
Officials attribute the decline to a number of measures, ranging from price increases and public health education campaigns to age restrictions and more. Aggressive enforcement Against retailers and manufacturers who sell products to children.
Among high school students, use of any tobacco product fell to 10%, from about 13%, and use of e-cigarettes fell to less than 8%, from 10%. But no change was reported for middle school students, who became less likely to vape, smoke or use other products.
Current tobacco use decreased among girls and Hispanic students, but increased among American Indian or Alaska Native students. Current use of nicotine pods increased among white children.
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