2022 Monitoring the Future Survey shows youth e-cigarette use up among 10th and 12th graders and daily use doubles for 8th graders as industry continues to thwart regulation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Monitoring the Future Survey (MTF) released today confirms that youth vaping remains a serious public health threat with noteworthy upticks among 10th and 12th graders and increases in daily use (30 days in the last month) across those who vape in all grades and doubling among 8th graders since 2020. Vaping nicotine remains the most common type of substance use among 8th and 10th graders.
- Vaping nicotine remains the most common type of substance use among 8th and 10th graders.
- The MTF survey, which tracks trends in substance use among nearly 50,000 students in 12th, 10th, and 8th grades, found that 1 in 5 (20.7%) 12th graders, 14.2% of 10th graders, and 7.1% of 8th graders reported vaping nicotine in the last 30 days.
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