Disposable E-Cigarette Use among U.S. Youth — An Emerging Public Health Challenge

Disposable E-Cigarette Use among U.S. Youth — An Emerging Public Health Challenge

Despite efforts to curtail the use of e-cigarettes among youth, millions of middle and high school students use them. This study, which compares use in 2019 with use in 2020, shows that despite an overall decline, an increasing percentage of these students report using disposable e-cigarettes.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-04, Vol.384 (16), p.1573-1576
Hauptverfasser: Wang, Teresa W, Gentzke, Andrea S, Neff, Linda J, Glidden, Emily V, Jamal, Ahmed, Park-Lee, Eunice, Ren, Chunfeng, Cullen, Karen A, King, Brian A, Hacker, Karen A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Cigarettes
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Electronic cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Middle school students
Middle schools
Public health
Response rates
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
United States
Vaping - trends
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Zusammenfassung:Despite efforts to curtail the use of e-cigarettes among youth, millions of middle and high school students use them. This study, which compares use in 2019 with use in 2020, shows that despite an overall decline, an increasing percentage of these students report using disposable e-cigarettes.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2033943