More than 4m high schoolers and 1m middle schoolers vape, study shows

Federal research highlights notable increase in e-cigarette use, with 27.5% of high schoolers vaping in 2019

An estimated 4.1 million high school students and 1.2 million middle school students use electronic cigarettes nationwide, a marked increase from numbers reported in years prior, the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

In a study published in the Journal of American Medical Association, researchers found that 27.5% of high school students and 10.5% of middle school students surveyed reported using e-cigarettes in 2019.

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