Youth Tobacco Use
Youth use of tobacco products in any form is unsafe. Preventing tobacco product use among youth is critical to reducing tobacco use among the nation's youth.
Results from the Annual National Youth Tobacco Survey - FDA
2024 Findings on Youth Use for All Tobacco Products · 8.1% (2.25 million) of all students reported current use of tobacco products · 2.8% of ...
Youth Tobacco Use | Cancer Trends Progress Report
A substantial portion of youth use other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and hookah/waterpipe.
Tobacco Use Among Children and Teens | American Lung Association
Cigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence causes significant health problems among young people, including an increase in the number and severity ...
Almost 90 percent of adult daily smokers started smoking by the age of 18, 1 and about 1500 youth under 18 smoke their first cigarette every day in the United ...
E-Cigarette Use Among Youth | Smoking and Tobacco Use - CDC
E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among US youth. No tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, are safe, especially for children, teens, ...
How many adolescents use tobacco?
An analysis of the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) found that 11.3% of middle and high school students reported using a tobacco ...
Addressing Pediatric Tobacco Use: Strategies for Clinicians - AAP
Pediatric tobacco use and nicotine dependence are significant health concerns. Despite declines in cigarette use, youth still use tobacco ...
Patterns of Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youth, Young Adults, and Adults
The purpose of the current chapter is to document key patterns and trends in tobacco use in the United States among youth (12–17 years of age), young adults ( ...
Youth Tobacco Use Continues to Decline
tobacco products. • Cigarette smoking among high school youth reached a new low – only 2.1% are current smokers, representing a 92 ...
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youths, Surgeon General fact sheet
This is the 31st tobacco-related Surgeon General's report issued since 1964. It describes the epidemic of tobacco use among youth ages 12 through 17 and young ...
Protecting Kids From Tobacco's Harms: AAP Policy Explained
Parents are a powerful force in preventing youth tobacco use. · Keeping your home and car smoke-free · Minimizing your own tobacco use or quitting ...
Youth tobacco use prevention - Mass.gov
Learn about youth-related tobacco industry tactics and what Massachusetts is doing to prevent youth tobacco initiation.
Tobacco Use in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions
It is estimated that every day about 1600 youth aged 12 to 17 years smoke their first cigarette and that about 5.6 million adolescents alive ...
Tobacco Use Prevalence Among Youth
“Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — National Youth Tobacco Survey,. United States, 2024.” MMWR 73(41):917–924, October 17, 2024, https ...
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults
Nearly all tobacco use begins in youth and young adulthood. Nine out of 10 smokers start before age 18 and 99 percent start before age 26.
Reduce current tobacco use in adolescents — TU‑04 - health.gov
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Nearly all tobacco use begins in childhood and adolescence. Population- ...
Youth Tobacco Use - Teenage Smoking Statistics
The estimated number of young teen males and females 13–15 years old who smoke cigarettes or use smokeless tobacco products is approximately 50 million.
Smoking and other tobacco use by teens drop to lowest level in 25 ...
The youth e-cigarette rate fell to under 6 percent this year, down from 7.7 percent last year — the lowest at any point in the last decade. E- ...
WHO EMRO | The truth about young people and tobacco | TFI - EMRO
Smoking rates among young people can reach 42% among boys and 31% among girls. This includes smoking shisha, which is more popular among young people than ...