A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that more US teens are embracing electronic alternatives to smoking tobacco-based cigarettes.
According to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, released Thursday, hookahs and electronic or e-cigarettes, are gaining popularity among US young people. In 2012, 1.1 percent of middle school students (around ages 11-14) reported puffing on e-cigarettes, up from 0.6 percent in 2011. For high school students (around ages 14-18), e-cigarette use rose from 1.5 percent to 2.8 percent, and hookah use increased from 4.1 percent to 5.4 percent over the same period.
Still, the findings showed no significant decline in students' cigarette smoking or overall tobacco use.
"A large portion of kids who use tobacco are smoking products other than cigarettes, including cigars and hookahs, which are similarly dangerous," Dr. Tim McAfee, director of the CDC's Office on Smoking and Health, said in a statement. "We need to apply the same strategies that work to prevent and reduce cigarette use among our youth to these new and emerging products."
About 3.5 percent of middle school students said that they smoked cigarettes, while 24 percent of high school students said that they had smoked over the past 30 days.
The study is based on an annual survey of more than 24,000 US students. Access it here: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6245a2.htm?s_cid=mm6245a2_w
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