More US teens are vaping than smoking cigarettes, study finds

Nationally representative study shows more high schoolers have tried e-cigarettes, raising fears they could be the next generation’s substance of choice

More US teenagers have tried vaping than smoking cigarettes, a new study shows, raising concerns among some researchers that vaping could become a new generation’s substance delivery system of choice.

The new nationally representative study showed that 35.8% of students in their final year of high school had tried vaping, versus 26.6% who had ever smoked a cigarette.

These findings emphasize that vaping has progressed well beyond a cigarette alternative

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