Please see the four graphics below and then visit the excellent CDC web page on this topic at https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/youth-tobacco-use/index.html for more information.
And, here is a good overview video to start with:
Data Visualization: Tobacco Use By Youth Is Rising
Data Visualization: Tobacco Product Use Among High School Students — 2018
Tobacco product use among high school students—2018
Any Tobacco Product 27.1%
E-cigarettes 20.8%
Cigarettes 8.1%
Cigars 7.6%
Smokeless Tobacco 5.9%
Hookah 4.1%
Pipe Tobacco 1.1%
SOURCE: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 2019.
Data Visualization: High School E-cigarette Users are Using Them More Often.
High school e-cigarette users are using them more often.
2017: 20%
2018: 28%
Use more than 20 days in the past 30 days
SOURCE: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 2019.
Data Visualization: Youth E-cigarette Use
Advertising + Flavors = Youth e-cigarette use
Data Visualization: Increase in Youth E-cigarette Use Happened at Same Time as Increased JUUL Sales
JUUL Pods & Flavors
Nicotine Levels (Labels: “1 JUUL Pod = 1 Cigarette Pack”)
SOURCE: Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2018. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), February 2019.
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Publication date: February 11, 2019
Page last reviewed: February 11, 2019
Content source: Office of the Associate Director for Communication