A national survey of youth from 2017 shows 11.7 percent of students currently use e-cigarettes but FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb warned last week the percentage will be higher when new results are released later this year
(If youre uncomfortable with concepts such as heteroskedasticity-robust standard errors, we cannot in good conscience recommend reading the whole paper.) Their answer: 14 percent
How the experiment worked In the Washington State experiments, smoking and nonsmoking adults between 18 and 25 were shown packages with images emphasizing lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, impotence, eye disease, neck, throat, and mouth cancers, and vascular disease
Health Risks: Tobacco is linked to serious health issues, including cancer and respiratory diseases
Treating tobacco use with other behavioral health issues works: A 2025 study in JAMA Psychiatry found that quitting smoking is linked to better substance use disorder (SUD) recovery outcomes