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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Office of the Surgeon General , 2016

Last Reviewed: 2016

Workgroups: Tobacco Use Workgroup, Cancer Workgroup

This report highlights what we do and do not know about electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). These products and the ways they are used change quickly, but the report looks at current knowledge and gaps in evidence, including:

  • Historical background
  • Patterns of use
  • Health effects
  • Effects of policy and practice

It ends with a call to action to speed up policies and programs that can reduce young people’s use of e-cigarettes.

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Objectives related to this resource (8)

Reduce current tobacco use in adolescents — TU‑04
LHI label
Getting worse
Reduce current e-cigarette use in adolescents — TU‑05
Little or no detectable change
Reduce current cigarette smoking in adolescents — TU‑06
Target met or exceeded
Reduce current cigar smoking in adolescents — TU‑07
Improving
Reduce current use of flavored tobacco products in adolescents who use tobacco — TU‑09
Baseline only
Reduce the proportion of adolescents exposed to tobacco marketing — TU‑22
Little or no detectable change
Reduce current use of smokeless tobacco products among adolescents — TU‑08
Target met or exceeded
Reduce the lung cancer death rate — C‑02
Improving

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Public Health Service, Office of the Surgeon General. (2016). E-cigarette use among youth and young adults: a report of the surgeon general. Retrieved from https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/documents/2016_SGR_Full_Report_non-508.pdf