That's according to the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey from The Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
But the good news is the survey also showed E-cigarette use is down by about four percent among high schoolers falling from 14 percent to 10 percent.That drop contributed to an overall decline in the use of tobacco products among high schoolers, which fell from 17 to 13 percent. For middle schoolers, the news isn't so good, with a survey showing a roughly two percent increase in overall tobacco use.
If you combine middle and high school, roughly one in ten students said they were currently using tobacco products.E-cigarettes are still the most commonly used product in both groups.
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