Why This Matters
Long before the emergence of COVID-19, nicotine vaping among teens was a public health crisis. Over the past 10 years, we’ve seen year-over-year increases in vaping among young people, and beginning in 2014, vaping rates among teens began to surpass those of cigarette smoking. In 2020, despite being primarily sequestered indoors, more than 3 million American teenagers reported vaping over the past 30 days—a staggering 20% of high-schoolers.