Youth vape and e-cigarette use has dropped precipitously during the pandemic, according to a recent study — reversing a years-long explosion in teen use.
“About two-thirds of [adolescent and young adult] e-cigarette users were either quitting or cutting back,” Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, co-author of the study and a developmental psychologist at Stanford University, told The 74.
“That’s really good news.”
Halpern-Felsher and her team surveyed over 2,000 young people aged 13 to 24 in May 2020, asking how lockdown had impacted their vaping habits. More than half reported that their patterns of use had changed.
Out of 776 underage youth who had altered their behavior, 283 said they had quit e-cigarettes outright and another 239 said they had reduced their use by up to half. Young adults aged 21 to 24 reported similar changes.
Ashler Lehrer-Small – T7R – 2021-05-10.
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