Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes
The impact on our youth
Smoking Has Declined Across the United States since the mid 1900's.
Policy changes and public health anti-smoking campaigns have helped to minimize the percentage of American's who are smokers.
In 1965, over 40% of adults in the United States were smokers.
Adult Smoking Rates declined from their peak in the mid 1900's.
Adult Smoking Rates declined from their peak in the mid 1900's.
Data obtained from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. National Health Interview Survey 1965-2018. Analysis for years 1997-2018 by the American Lung Association Research Team using SPSS software.
In 1997, over 35% of high schoolers were smokers. By 2017, that number had dropped to under 10%.
Teen smoking rates declined from their peak in the mid-1990's.
Teen smoking rates declined from their peak in the mid-1990's.
Data obtained from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1991-2017.
Painstaking harm reduction efforts reduced these numbers.
But today, kids who may have never started to smoke at all are experimenting with e-cigarettes, becoming addicted to nicotine without ever having tried a cigarette.
2014 onwards, teenagers have reported using e-cigarettes more than any other form of nicotine.
By 2019, 27.5% of high schoolers were turning to e-cigarettes.
This is over 2.5 million kids and teens a year.
Though this is lower than the peak of 2.9 million kids and teens in 2019, we still have a long way to go.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States.
E-Cigarettes are being marketed towards younger generations by Big Tobacco in an effort to get our children addicted to nicotine.
The best way to stop someone from becoming addicted to nicotine, is to stop them from ever starting.
You can act to improve outcomes for yourself.
We can act to improve outcomes for youth everywhere.
ACT TODAY
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Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
Get Help Quitting E-Cigarettes
If you need help quitting, text "DITCHVAPE" to 88709.
If you are looking to support young people quit text "QUIT" to (202) 899-7550.
You are not alone in your journey to quit e-cigarettes and flavored nicotine products.
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