Surgeon General warns of rising e-cigarette use, especially among children

To curb the rising use of e-cigarettes among children, U.S. Surgeon General Vice Adm. Jerome M. Adams has sent out a public warning about the risks of vaping (Source: ”Surgeon general issues warning about e-cigarette 'epidemic',” UPI, Dec. 18, 2018).

Past 30-day e-cigarette use among high school students grew by more than 75 percent, and within the middle school ranks by 50 percent, between 2017 and 2018, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration's National Youth Tobacco Survey. That includes more than 37 percent of high school seniors.

The latest release from the Ohio Health Issues Poll found that 45 percent of Ohioans ages 18 to 29 have tried e-cigarettes and 23 percent of Ohio adults overall have tried them.