2018 NATIONAL YOUTH

TOBACCO SURVEY FINDS

CAUSE FOR CONCERN
Current e-cigarette use among middle and high school students Here is a breakdown
increased alarmingly between 2017 and 2018. of the recent findings:

SURGE IN YOUTH CURRENT E-CIGARETTE USE – 1.5 Million More Students Used E-Cigarettes in 2018 vs 2017

78 % Increase
Among High
School Students
20.8%
48 % Increase
Among Middle
School Students
4.9%

11.7% 3.3%

2017 2018 2017 2018

AMONG HIGH SCHOOL CURRENT E-CIGARETTE E-CIGARETTE USE SURGE LED TO UPTICK IN
USERS — Rise in Frequency and Use of Flavors OVERALL TOBACCO USE — Reversing Previous Declines

Current Use of Any Tobacco Product

30
More Used 27.1%
E-Cigarettes on
28 % in 2018
Percentage of Students

High
20 or More Days vs School
Students
20% in 2017 20

10

68%
More Used
Flavored in 2018 7.2%
E-Cigarettes vs Middle
School
61% in 2017 0 Students
2015 2016 2017 2018
Years
Note: All numbers in this document are estimates.

Sources: (1) Cullen KA, Ambrose BK, Gentzke AS, Apelberg BJ, Jamal A, King BA. Notes from the Field: Increase in use of electronic CTP-116
cigarettes and any tobacco product among middle and high school students — United States, 2011–2018. MMWR Morbid Mortal Wkly Last Updated November 2018
Rep. 2018;67(45). (2) Wang TW, Gentzke A, Sharapova S, Cullen KA, Ambrose BK, Jamal A. Tobacco product use among middle and
high school students — United States, 2011-2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67(22).

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