According to the latest survey numbers, fewer American teenagers vape in 2024 than in the last decade.
“This is a monumental public health win,” exclaims the Food and Drugs Administration‘s tobacco director, Brian King. “But we can’t rest on our laurels. There’s clearly more work to do to further reduce youth use.”
The teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year, down from 7.7% in 2023. Some 1.6 million high school students reported vaping in the previous month, about one-third the number in 2019. Among middle schoolers, the vaping rate remains unchanged at 3.5%. The federal survey involved more than 29,000 students in grades 6 through 12 who filled out an online questionnaire in the spring. This drop is mainly due to recent age restrictions and stricter enforcement against retailers and manufacturers.
