New Scientist: Concerns of a teenage vaping epidemic may be overblown

[LoveVanilla]

Why concerns of a teenage vaping epidemic may be overblown

But the full figures from this survey have now been newly analysed and they suggest that the original coverage didn’t give the whole picture – in some ways, the results could even be seen as good news for teenagers’ health.

juul’s purported appeal to teens was highlighted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when it released the 2018 figures.

But an independent analysis of the full set of those figures, published this week, is more nuanced than those initial headlines. While 14 per cent of the teens surveyed had indeed vaped in the past 30 days, only 4 per cent of the total were regular e-cigarette users, defined as having done so on 20 days or more over that period. Less frequent use suggests “curiosity and experimentation”

And the figures suggest that, far from hooking a new generation on nicotine, comparatively few teens who have never smoked take up vaping: less than 1 per cent of those who were vaping regularly had never smoked tobacco before. “There has been a massive focus on teens without making it clear that most of these teens would be smoking anyway,” says Abrams.

Misguided ban?...

...many media reports have implied that the danger comes from all e-cigarettes, even legal ones that deliver nicotine, which just isn’t true.

 

[jjcordone]

One sane article in a sea of anti-vape hysteria

 

[zoiDman]

Wait...

Is the Author in the OP's article say'n that the CDC may have used Deceptive Wording to Intentionally Deceive the public? And that their own data Doesn't reflect the Conclusions the CDC has made?

Now Where have I Seen that Before?