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- Tobacco use is the top preventable cause of disease and death among U.S. adults, despite progress in reducing adolescent cigarette smoking.
- Youth usage of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products like cigars and hookahs remains high.
- Implementing effective public policies can protect young people from tobacco-related harm, and these strategies must adapt to include new products like e-cigarettes for better public health.
Article Abstract
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease and death for adults in the United States. Significant strides have been made in reducing rates of cigarette smoking among adolescents in the United States. However, rates of e-cigarette and similar device use among youth are high, and rates of other tobacco product use, such as cigars and hookahs, have not declined. Public policy actions to protect children and adolescents from tobacco and nicotine use, as well as tobacco smoke and aerosol exposure, have proven effective in reducing harm. Effective public health approaches need to be both extended to include e-cigarettes, similar devices, and other and emerging tobacco products and expanded to reduce the toll that the tobacco epidemic takes on children and adolescents.
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