13. Does Tobacco Screening in Youth Primary Care Identify Youth Vaping?

The significant rise in youth electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use in recent years threatens to erase decades of progress in reducing youth tobacco use, as e-cigarette use significantly increases risk for combustible cigarette use. The increase began after the introduction of JUUL in 2015, and, according to national Youth Risk Behavior Survey data, past-30-day nicotine vaping rose from 13.2% in 2017 to 32.7% in 2019 among U.S. high school students. The primary care setting has long been an important venue for screening and brief intervention for tobacco use, and the U.S.

Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - February 1, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Jessica Liu, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, Sion Harris Tags: Platform Research IV: Salient topics in Adolescent Health Source Type: research