Vaping replaces tobacco smoking for high schoolers, says study

Thursday, November 21, 2019
WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- The smoking rate among American high schoolers has taken its biggest dip ever.

But that's not necessarily cause for celebration.
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Federal figures show it's down to just under 6 per cent, a 50 per cent drop in four years.

However, tobacco has been replaced with e-cigarettes - and more teens are using them than used tobacco.
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Adding the 27 per cent who vape to those still using tobacco, nearly one in three teens use some form of nicotine.
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