U.S. youths ’cigarette consumption decreases, vape use increases

According to the Vapingpost report, a recent study published by the Department of Pediatrics showed that between 2011 and 2018, young smokers reduced their smoking daily and fewer days, but vape usage increased.

Extracted data from the 2011-2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), analyzed the current smoking frequency, intensity, age of first smoking and vape use frequency trends, and conducted separate analysis for men, women, and junior high schools And high school students and people of different races.

The aggregated data shows that between 2011 and 2018, the current smoking rate among male, female, high school, non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic smoking students has declined. Overall, light smoking (≤5 cigarettes [CPDs] per day) increases, moderate smoking (6-10 CPDs) decreases, and the trends of light, moderate and heavy smoking vary from population to population.

Female students, high school students and non-Hispanic students have increased their age of first smoking, while male students have decreased. In addition, between 2014 and 2018, the frequency of use of vape has increased.

The study called "Trends in American Youth Cigarette Smokers' Smoking Behavior" found that smoking behavior generally showed a positive trend. Only the worrying trend among male students was reported, and the smoking rate increased.

"From 2011 to 2018, current youth cigarette smokers have reduced smoking days, decreased CPD, and increased age of first smoking. However, as time goes by, young men have a higher smoking rate and start smoking earlier. From 2014 to 2018, vape usage has increased. "

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