CDC Online NewsroomUnited States15 June 2017
Youth tobacco product use, including e-cigarettes, drops during 2015-2016 - Press Release
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The number of middle and high school students who say they are current tobacco users - defined as having used a tobacco product in the past 30 days - dropped from 4.7 million in 2015 to 3.9 million in 2016, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products.
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