Youth e-cigarette use drops to lowest in decade Youth e-cigarette use has dropped to its lowest level in a decade according to new 2024 data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS)
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Marissa Reitsma, lead author of the studies on smoking, IHME, said: With nine out of 10 smokers starting before the age of 25, ensuring that young people remain smoke-free through their mid-20s will result in radical reductions in smoking rates for the next generation. In 2019, there were an estimated 155 million smokers aged between 15 and 24 equivalent to 20.1% of young men and 5.0% of young women, globally
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Secondary outcomes will compare percent days smoke-free between regulatory scenarios, as well as changes in nicotine dependence, motivation and confidence quitting smoking, and intentions to quit smoking between groups using the same approach
Cigarette smokers typically inhale smoke deep into their lungs, where nicotine rapidly enters the bloodstream through the lung tissue
