Corroborating Adolescent Tobacco Use and Sociodemographic Patterns From Multiple National Surveys

Increasing tobacco use among adolescents is attributed to the rising popularity of e-cigarette products; in contrast, conventional combustible cigarette use has declined over the past two decades. To illustrate this point, e-cigarette use among high school students increased from 1.5% in 2011% to 19.6% in 2020, whereas adolescent combustible cigarette use declined from 10.5% in 2011% to 3.3% in 2020 [1]. Not only have rising rates of adolescent e-cigarette use been accorded the status of an epidemic [2], but given the emergence of these new tobacco products and the multiple different types of e-cigarette devices proliferating the market over the past few years, precise and continuous surveillance of different patterns of tobacco use remains important to inform public health, prevention, and policy.
Source: Journal of Adolescent Health - Category: Child Development Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research