The survey notes, given the pandemic, this year’s results cannot be compared to previous years.
Key findings:
- An estimated 11.3 percent (1.72 million students) of high school students reported current e-cigarette use.
- One in 4 high school students reported daily usage.
- An estimated 2.8 percent (320,000 students) of middle school students reported current e-cigarette use.
- One in 12 middle school students reported daily usage.
- Eighty-five percent of the teens said they used flavored vapes, especially candy, fruit, menthol and mint flavors.
“These data highlight the fact that flavored e-cigarettes are still extremely popular with kids. And we are equally disturbed by the quarter of high school students who use e-cigarettes and say they vape every single day,” said Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.
