Tobacco Product Use Among US Pre-Teens, Teens Has Dropped To Lowest Levels Seen In 25 Years, Research Finds

Posted on October 18, 2024

ABC News (10/17) reports, “Tobacco product use among U.S. pre-teens and teens has fallen to the lowest levels seen in 25 years, according to new federal data published Thursday.” The drop “is largely driven by the” decrease “in the number of students who reported current e-cigarette use: 2.13 million in 2023 compared to 1.63 million in 2024, the report found.” Even though “e-cigarettes remained the most commonly used tobacco product among adolescents in 2024, e-cigarette use among students declined to the lowest level seen in more than a decade.” The findings were published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The AP (10/17) reports, “There was a 20% drop in the estimated number of middle and high school students who recently used at least one tobacco product, including cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches and hookahs.” The number dropped “from 2.8 million last year to 2.25 million this year.”

HealthDay (10/17) reports “vaping rates fell from 10% of high school students in 2023 to 7.8% this year, ‘reaching the lowest level ever measured’ by the National Youth Tobacco Survey, reported a team of researchers from the” CDC. Rates of traditional cigarette use “are also extremely low: Only 1.4% of middle- and high-school [students] now smoke, the report found.”

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