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3 million middle and high schoolstudents were current usersof e-cigarettes in 2015

            2            0            1            5

            2            0            1            4

There has been no significant change in

overall tobacco use among high schoolstudents since 2011.

There was a significant decrease in current

cigarette use among high school studentsfrom 2011—2015

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

5%

10%

15%

20%

2011 – 15.8 %, 2012 – 14%, 2013 – 12.7%, 2014 – 9.2%, 2015 – 9.3%

Current use of tobacco products

by high school students in 2015

5%

10%

15%

20%

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E-cigarettes – 16%, Cigarettes – 9.3% , Cigars – 8.6%, Hookahs – 7.2% ,

Smokeless Tobacco – 5.6%

 YOUTH USE OF TOBACCOIN ANY FORM IS UNSAFE.

About half of middle school and high school

students who used tobacco products in 2015

were current users of two or moretobacco products.

up from

2.46 million

in 2014.

TOBACCO USE AMONG MIDDLE AND

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS—UNITED STATES, 2011-2015

Source: National Youth Tobacco Survey 2011-2015

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

2011 – 24.2%, 2012 – 23.3%, 2013 – 22.9%, 2014 – 24.6%, 2015 – 25.3%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%