Changes in Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Current Youth Tobacco Users in the United States, 2014-2017. | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network

Changes in Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Current Youth Tobacco Users in the United States, 2014-2017. | Adolescent Medicine | JAMA Pediatrics | JAMA Network

E-cigs boost flavored tobacco use among students

E-cigarettes appear to have driven an increase in the prevalence of middle and high school students who use flavored tobacco products, according to a new JAMA Pediatrics study. Researchers studied surveys from more than 78,000 students and found that, among students who use tobacco, the prevalence of those using flavored products dropped from 69.4 to 57.7 percent from 2014 to 2016. The figure increased in 2017, however, to 63.6 percent — a jump researchers attributed to the growing use of flavored e-cigarettes. The new data arrive as federal regulators aim to crack down on youth e-cigarette use.

Changes in Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among Current Youth Tobacco Users in the United States, 2014-2017

Hongying Dai, PhD¹

Author Affiliations

JAMA Pediatr. Published online January 7, 2019. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4595