Flavored E-Cigarettes Remain Popular Among Young People Overseas
A study released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that by 2021, more than 2 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current e-cigarette use, and more than 8 out of 10
A study released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that by 2021, more than 2 million U.S. middle and high school students reported currently using e-cigarettes, and more than 8 out of 10 of those youth used flavored e-cigarettes.
The report, published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, is based on data from the 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), a cross-sectional, self-administered survey of U.S. middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students. The study assessed current e-cigarette use (use on one or more days in the past 30 days), frequency of use, and use by device type, flavor, and usual brand.
The survey was administered from January 18 to May 21, 2021, making the NYTS the first to be fully conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected using an online survey, allowing eligible students to participate in various school settings during this period, including in the classroom, at home, or elsewhere. Before the pandemic, the survey was conducted in person in school classrooms. Because of the change in survey administration this year, the 2021 NYTS results cannot be compared with results from previous years.
“These data underscore the fact that flavored e-cigarettes remain extremely popular among children. We are also troubled that a quarter of high school students who use e-cigarettes say they vape every day,” said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. “The FDA continues to take action against those who sell or market e-cigarettes and e-liquids to children, as reflected in this year’s denial of more than 1 million premarket applications for flavored electronic nicotine delivery system products. It is critical that these products be removed from the market and kept out of the hands of our nation’s youth.”
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