Study Warns Teen Girls Now Vape More than Teen Boys
Researchers found regular vaping among girls ages 15 to 17 rose to 7.8% in 2024, surpassing boys and signaling a reversal in youth nicotine trends.
- A new study from the Medical University of South Carolina published in JAMA Pediatrics reveals a reversal of gender trends in youth vaping. By 2024, regular vaping among girls reached 7.8% compared to 4.6% for boys.
- Historically, nicotine use was more common among boys, but a dramatic surge in 2018 and 2019 shifted patterns across genders. Researchers analyzing Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study data found girls have consistently outpaced boys in vaping since 2021.
- Traditional cigarette smoking among adolescents has plummeted to fewer than 0.5% for both boys and girls. Study lead author Brandon Sanford noted that changing patterns suggest vaping may be displacing at least some cigarette smoking among young people.
- Benjamin Toll, director of the MUSC health tobacco treatment program, called for immediate action, stating "We have to understand why, and we need to mobilize our public health efforts." He emphasized both prevention and intervention for youth vaping at "alarmingly high rates."
- Vaping remains more common among older teens ages 15 to 17 than younger adolescents ages 12 to 14. Study co-first author Naomi Brownstein cautioned that despite a slight rate drop from 2023 to 2024, "it's still high," with many middle school girls still vaping.
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Teen Girls Are Now More Likely to Vape Than Boys
With the advent of e-cigarettes, millions of smokers gained a way to get their nicotine fix without many of the negative health effects of lighting tobacco on fire. Of course, because the technology is relatively new, there’s plenty we don’t know about any other adverse long-term effects. That’s one reason it’s particularly troubling that young people have adopted vaping, too. Now the latest data on youth vaping trends is out, and it’s showing s…
One study shows how smoking and vaping patterns have changed by age and gender for a decade.
For decades, boys and men have been more likely to consume nicotine than their peers, but a new study by the Medical University of South Carolina (United States) shows that, among American teenagers, that pattern has been reversed in terms of vaping.
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