The answers, provided anonymously, constitute a benchmark to detect how fast these trends grow and whether they are responding to public health initiatives. In their 2019 survey, researchers introduced a question about daily vaping of marijuana; 3.5% of 12th-graders and 3% of 10th-graders said they did so. Public health experts are divided over the wisdom of allowing e-cigarettes to stay on the market. At that point, researchers and public health officials had already expressed strong concerns about the potential health risks of vaping generally. But it’s unclear whether the rising toll of EVALI has curtailed teens’ vaping habits since the survey was conducted.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 18, 2019 06:00 UTC