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E-Cigarette And Hookah Use By Teens Sharply Increases

While traditional smoking rates are declining, the number of high school students who used e-cigarettes or water pipes jumped to 13 percent, according to a CDC report. About one in four teens use some form of tobacco product. Los Angeles Times: Teen Use Of E-Cigarettes Continues To Soar, Alarming Many Experts The use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled from 2013 to 2014 — a surprising boom that threatens to wipe out hard-won gains in the fight against teen smoking, a new government report says. The percentage of American high school students who smoked traditional cigarettes on a regular basis dropped from 15.8% in 2011 to 9.2% in 2014, according to a study by a team... [Read more]

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