ABC News (9/16, Yu) reports that the HHS “Office of the Surgeon General called youth vaping an ongoing ‘epidemic’ and released a Youth Vaping Resource Guide Monday to raise awareness about the issue.” According to the story, “fifty-six percent of U.S. parents also say that smoking and vaping are a big problem for children and teens in the country, according to an August poll from C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital,” and “over 1.6 million students in the U.S. reported using vapes, a practice that can lead to addiction, from 2023 to 2024, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.” Meanwhile, “there’s no consensus among educators on how to cut down on student vaping,” but “some school districts…are banking on using technology like vape detectors to identify and address the issue.”
Related Links:
— “Schools crack down on vaping as new school year gets underway,”Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, September 16, 2025