Hispanic and Black adolescents and teens are more likely to smoke marijuana using e-cigarettes than their White peers, an analysis published Monday by JAMA Pediatrics found.
More than one in four Hispanic youths in grades 6 through 12 reported using vaping devices to smoke marijuana in 2020, compared to 19% of Black students and 18% of White students, the data showed.
Just under 20% of adolescents and teens surveyed used the devices to smoke marijuana in 2020, up from just over 11% in 2017, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nearly 70% of those who use e-cigarettes have vaped marijuana, the researchers said.
Brian P. Dunleavy – UPI – 2021-04-26.
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