About 2.1 million middle and high school students reported using tobacco products, down from 2.5 million last year.
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E-cigarette use among high school students in the U.S. declined significantly while tobacco use among middle schoolers increased, according to a survey released Thursday, amid an effort by regulators to crack down on popular menthol and other flavored vaping products.Key Facts
About 10% of high school students reported current use of e-cigarettes, a statistically significant decline from the previous year (14.1%), according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration.
High school students also reported statistically significant declines in current use of any tobacco products (12.6% from 16.5%) and cigars (1.8% from 2.8%), the survey said.
Middle school students reported statistically significant increases in current use of any tobacco product (6.6%) and multiple tobacco products (2.5%), according to the survey.
About 22.2% of middle and high school students in the U.S.—or 6.2 million students—reported ever using any tobacco product, though e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product among all students (7.
