The Hill (3/10, Weixel) reports that in 2021, “about 2.55 million combined U.S. middle and high school students” reported current use of tobacco products, “according to the government’s National Youth Tobacco Survey.” The findingspublished in the CDC’s Morbidity and Morality Weekly Report found that “more than 5 million high school students, and more than 1 million middle schoolers reported using tobacco products at any time in 2021, and the majority of students said they received the product from a friend.” The figures “are down considerably from the 4.47 million tobacco users in 2020.”
CNN (3/10, Nedelman) reports, “Students identifying as LGBT more frequently reported current use of tobacco products: about 14% of lesbian, gay and bisexual students and about 19% of transgender students.” The “numbers were also higher among students experiencing severe psychological distress: 14.2% versus 5.5% among those reporting no distress.”
Related Links:
— “CDC: 2.5M middle and high school students used tobacco products last year “Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, March 10, 2022