Vaping among US teens drops to ten-year low, annual youth tobacco survey finds

The use of e-cigarettes among teenagers in the US has hit its lowest level in a decade, as the number of young vapers in the country dropped by half a million in the past year.

According to this year’s National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), which monitored the use of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches among US middle and high school students, the number of youth who reported using e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days decreased from 2.13m, or 7.7%, last year to 1.63m, or 5.9%, in 2024.

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Tiziana Cauli

Senior reporter/health & science editor
Tiziana is an Italian journalist from Sardinia. She has worked for both international and local media in Italy, South Africa, France, Spain, the UK, Lebanon and Belgium. She also worked as a communications manager for several international NGOs in the humanitarian sector. Tiziana holds a degree in Political Science and a PhD in African Studies from the University of Cagliari and she’s a graduate of the Carlo De Martino school of journalism in Milan.

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