Tobacco Product Use among Middle and High School Students, United States, 2020.
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
Gentzke
AS, Wang TW, Jamal A, et al.
Tobacco Product Use among
Middle and High School Students, United States, 2020.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2020;69:1881–1888. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6950a1
What is already known? Tobacco
use is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States;
nearly all tobacco use begins during youth and young adulthood.
What is added by this
report? In 2020, 23.6% (3.65 million) of high school and 6.7%
(800,000) of middle school students reported current (past 30-day) use of any
tobacco product. From 2019 to 2020, decreases among high school and middle
school students occurred in current use of any tobacco product, combustible tobacco
products, multiple tobacco products, e-cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless
tobacco.
What are the implications
for public health? The comprehensive and sustained
implementation of evidence-based tobacco control strategies, combined with
tobacco product regulation by the Food and Drug Administration, is warranted to
help sustain this progress and prevent and reduce all forms of tobacco product
use among U.S. youths.
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