Cleveland, OH
Study: 1 in 6 high school students vape, smoke and use tobacco
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -A brand new examine reveals a disturbing development sweeping the nation and even proper right here in Northeast Ohio: college students vaping now greater than ever.
Knowledge from the Nationwide Youth Tobacco survey reveals 1 in 6 highschool college students vape, smoke or use tobacco and all, practically 3.1 million college students vaped or used tobacco up to now month in response to a survey finished from January by way of Might.
Dr. Humberto Choi, pulmonologist at Cleveland Clinic says it’s indicative of a bigger downside.
“Excessive-school college students are the age of 13 to 17 so it’s a stage of their life the place their brains are nonetheless growing. These children are being uncovered to nicotine merchandise that generally have a excessive focus and excessive dose of their merchandise and they’re very vulnerable to dependancy,” he stated.
Dr. Choi says we’ve to maintain imposing the legal guidelines or the numbers will maintain rising.
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