Targeting Teens to Vape
What you need to know about the risks of vaping.
By Mark S Gold
Published by Psychology Today on December 25, 2024
Key points
• Vaping is an important public health problem among adolescents in the U.S.
• More than 10% of high school and 4.6% of middle school students currently vape.
• Manufacturers have convinced teens that vaping products are safer than cigarettes, ignoring real health risks.
One of the scariest aspects of vaping is that many teenagers and young adults think it’s so much healthier than smoking cigarettes. General Barrye Price, CEO of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions (CADCA), told me this is absolutely not true.
