Teen vaping could reverse progress in the control of tobacco

A new study debunks the popular belief that electronic cigarettes are merely a substitute for cigarettes among teens. Instead, the study suggests that some teens who never would have smoked cigarettes are now vaping. In 2014, about 14 percent of 12th-graders said they had either smoked or vaped. A decade earlier -- before e-cigarettes were sold in the United States -- 9 percent of surveyed teens in this age group reported that they had smoked.

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