CDPHP Announcement - Alaska Tobacco Facts: E-cigarette & Vapor product use among Alaska youth - POSTED

Alaska Tobacco Facts: E-cigarette & Vapor product use among Alaska youth

Fact sheet Posted

E-cigarettes are neither harmless nor healthy.
They contain nicotine and chemicals, and can lead to addiction.

Many Alaska youth are using e-cigarettes.

• In 2017, 16% of Alaska high school students were using e-cigarettes.⁵
  
• This compares with 10% who were currently smoking traditional cigarettes.⁵
  
• More youth in the Gulf Coast, Southeast, and Anchorage/Mat-Su regions used e-cigarettes in 2017 than those in the Interior, Southwest, and Northern regions.⁵
  
• About half of Alaska high school students who smoked cigarettes in 2017 were also using e-cigarettes.⁵ Among students who did not smoke, 11% were using e-cigarettes.⁵

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For more tobacco fact sheets and publications, go to the Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program publications page.

⁵ YRBS 2017 data are referenced in this document, as reported in Alaska Tobacco Facts - 2019 Update: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. 

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To learn more about tobacco control efforts in Alaska please visit the Alaska Tobacco Prevention and Control Program page.

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