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While the CDC has cherry picked e-cig usage data from its NYTS (and other surveys) to create a public panic and lobby for the FDA's deeming regulation (that would ban >99.9% of nicotine vapor products), the 2014 NYTS at http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/nyts/
also found (but CDC has failed to report) that among 6th-12th grade students:
First Product Used
- Among ever users of tobacco or vapor products, 13.6% first used cigarettes, 5.5% first used e-cigarettes, 4.7% first used cigars, 3.2% first used smokeless tobacco, 1.7% first used another tobacco product; refuting false claims e-cigs are gateways to cigarettes.
Changes in Product Use from 2011 to 2014
- Those who last smoked a cigarette Today declined from 3.7% to 2.0%,
- Those who last smoked a cigarette in Past Week declined from 7.8% to 4.3%,
- Those who last smoked a cigarette in Past 30 Days declined from 10.4% to 6.1%,
- Those who have Not used a tobacco or e-cig product in Past 30 Days increased from 81.6% to 88.9%,
- Those who have Never used a tobacco or e-cig product increased from 72.6% to 79.4%.
Product Risk Beliefs in 2014
- 18.0% inaccurately believe e-cigs are just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 48.5% accurately believe e-cigs are less harmful,
- 33.5% inaccurately believe e-cigs are just as or more addictive than cigarettes, 29.8% accurately believe e-cigs are less addictive,
- 49.9% inaccurately believe smokeless tobacco is just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 12.7% accurately believe smokeless tobacco is less harmful,
- 45.2% inaccurately believe cigars are just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 15.7% accurately believe cigars are less harmful,
- 85.5% inaccurately agree “All tobacco products are dangerous”, 9.9% accurately disagree.
Home Environment
- 28.8% of 6th-12th grade students live with a cigarette smoker, 9.8% with a smokeless tobacco user, 9.5% with an e-cigarette user, 7.4% with a cigar smoker, 3.7% with a hookah smoker, 1.5% with a pipe smoker.
also found (but CDC has failed to report) that among 6th-12th grade students:
First Product Used
- Among ever users of tobacco or vapor products, 13.6% first used cigarettes, 5.5% first used e-cigarettes, 4.7% first used cigars, 3.2% first used smokeless tobacco, 1.7% first used another tobacco product; refuting false claims e-cigs are gateways to cigarettes.
Changes in Product Use from 2011 to 2014
- Those who last smoked a cigarette Today declined from 3.7% to 2.0%,
- Those who last smoked a cigarette in Past Week declined from 7.8% to 4.3%,
- Those who last smoked a cigarette in Past 30 Days declined from 10.4% to 6.1%,
- Those who have Not used a tobacco or e-cig product in Past 30 Days increased from 81.6% to 88.9%,
- Those who have Never used a tobacco or e-cig product increased from 72.6% to 79.4%.
Product Risk Beliefs in 2014
- 18.0% inaccurately believe e-cigs are just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 48.5% accurately believe e-cigs are less harmful,
- 33.5% inaccurately believe e-cigs are just as or more addictive than cigarettes, 29.8% accurately believe e-cigs are less addictive,
- 49.9% inaccurately believe smokeless tobacco is just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 12.7% accurately believe smokeless tobacco is less harmful,
- 45.2% inaccurately believe cigars are just as or more harmful than cigarettes, 15.7% accurately believe cigars are less harmful,
- 85.5% inaccurately agree “All tobacco products are dangerous”, 9.9% accurately disagree.
Home Environment
- 28.8% of 6th-12th grade students live with a cigarette smoker, 9.8% with a smokeless tobacco user, 9.5% with an e-cigarette user, 7.4% with a cigar smoker, 3.7% with a hookah smoker, 1.5% with a pipe smoker.