Nearly 40% of teens who vape frequently remain at high risk for nicotine addiction
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Sept. 5, 2024

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Significant drop in youth e-cigarette use marks progress, but nearly 40% of teens who vape frequently remain at high risk for nicotine addiction, a serious public health concern ([link removed])

The 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey ([link removed]) (NYTS) shows significant progress in reducing youth e-cigarette use, with nearly half a million fewer middle and high school students currently vaping. However, among middle and high school students who currently vape, nearly 40% – over 620,000 teens – report using e-cigarettes frequently (38.4%) signaling signs of persistent nicotine addiction. Youth nicotine pouch use remains low at 1.8%, but 29.3% of current users report frequent use, and 22.4% use pouches daily, a concerning trend given the high nicotine levels.

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11 leading organizations urge U.S. Supreme Court to uphold FDA’s marketing denial orders for flavored e-cigarettes ([link removed])

Eleven leading medical, public health and community organizations have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that struck down the FDA’s marketing denial orders for certain flavored e-liquids. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case ([link removed]) – Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, dba Triton Distribution – in its upcoming term. The case involves FDA marketing denial orders for nicotine e-liquids with flavors that clearly appeal to kids, including “Jimmy the Juice Man Peachy Strawberry,” “Suicide Bunny Mother’s Milk and Cookies,” “Pink Lemonade,” “Iced Pineapple Express” and “Killer Kustard Blueberry.”

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Vaping lingo dictionary ([link removed])

More than 2.1 million teens currently use e-cigarettes, with one in four reporting daily use. New brands and product types continue to appear on the market at an extremely fast rate ([link removed]) , and keeping up with the latest trends and lingo can be difficult. This resource provides a list of popular products, as well as terms and phrases that young people may use to describe e-cigarette use.

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