CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – 4.9 million U.S. youth use tobacco products
About 4.9 million middle school and high school students in the U.S. use tobacco products, including e-cigarettes.
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Progress Erased: Youth Tobacco Use Increased During 2017-2018
About 4.9 million middle and high school students were current users (used in the past 30 days) of some type of tobacco product in 2018, up from 3.6 million in 2017.
Transcript for Telebriefing of the New Vital Signs Report – 4.9 million U.S. youth use tobacco products
Transcript for Telebriefing of the New Vital Signs Report – 4.9 million U.S. youth use tobacco products
U.S. Adult Tobacco Product Use Decreased from 2019 to 2020
Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today show decreases in the use of commercial tobacco products overall, combustible tobacco products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and two or more tobacco products among U.S. adults from 2019 to 2020.
Approximately 2.55 Million Students Reported Currently Using a Tobacco Product in 2021
The 2021 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) was conducted among U.S. middle and high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic and revealed that youth tobacco use remains a serious public health concern. About 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students reported current (past 30-day) use of a tobacco product in 2021, according to new … Continue reading Approximately 2.55 Million Students Reported Currently Using a Tobacco Product in 2021
Tobacco Product Use Down Among Youths in 2020
A report out today from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), found that current tobacco product use declined among U.S. middle and high school students from 2019 to 2020-driven by decreases in e-cigarette, cigar, and smokeless tobacco use. However, the National Youth Tobacco Survey … Continue reading Tobacco Product Use Down Among Youths in 2020
50.6 Million U.S. Adults Currently Use Tobacco Products
Findings from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today show that approximately 1 in 5 U.S. adults reported currently using a tobacco product in 2019, with about 80% of those adults reporting that they use combustible products such as cigarettes.
6.2 Million middle and high school students used tobacco products in 2019
About 6.2 million U.S. middle and high school students were current (past 30-day) users of some type of tobacco product in 2019, according to new National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data released in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Tobacco and Cancer
Smoking tobacco products (including cigarettes and cigars) causes almost nine of every ten cases of lung cancer, and can cause cancer almost anywhere in your body.
Vital Signs: Cancer and Tobacco Use
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of cancer and cancer deaths. It can cause not only lung cancer, but also cancers of the mouth and throat, voice box, esophagus, stomach, kidney, pancreas, liver, bladder, cervix, colon and rectum, and a type of leukemia.
