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E-Cigarettes and Youth

May 30, 2023

The U.S. Surgeon General declared youth e-cigarette use to be an epidemic. E-cigarettes are the most used tobacco product among youth and, like any tobacco product, are unsafe. E-cigarette use is also most common among younger adults.  Action is urgently needed to reverse these dangerous trends.

 
PDF icon E-cigarettes & Youth Fact Sheet FINAL 5.30.2023

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