Flavored e-cigs still used by young Americans at ‘concerning’ rate, FDA and CDC study shows!

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Washington – Middle and high school students still use Flavored Electronic Cigarette on a “worrying level,” according to A The study was published By the Federal Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The study surveyed millions of middle and high school students in the United States and found it to be recent electronic cigarettes Use in the past 30 days includes 14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students.

Nearly 85% of them have used flavored e-cigarettes and more than half have used single-use e-cigarettes.

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Deirdre Lawrence Kettner said, “This study shows that the youth of our nation continue to be attracted and educated by a variety of e-cigarette brands that offer flavored nicotine.” Kettner is director of the CDC’s Office of Smoking and Health.

Among young adults who currently use e-cigarettes, 27.6% have used them daily and 42.3% have used them in 20 or more days in the past 30 days.

Juul e-cigarette company has its own products Removed from store shelves This year it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration and agreed to pay $438.5 million to Juul as part of a class action settlement.

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