The annual Monitoring the Future survey, which has tracked national substance use
among U.S. adolescents every year since 1975 for 12th grade students and since 1991 for 8th and 10th grade students, released data last month in regards to nicotine, cannabis, prescription drugs, and other harmful substances.
According to the press release, increases in adolescent vaping from 2017 to 2018 were the largest ever recorded in the past 43 years for any adolescent substance use outcome in the U.S. The percentage of 12th grade students who reported vaping nicotine in the past 30 days nearly doubled, rising from 11% to 21%. In addition, Cannabis vaping also increased from 4.9% in 2017 to 7.5% in 2018. Richard Miech, the lead author and principal investigator of the study, stated that “Vaping is reversing hard-fought declines in the number of adolescents who use nicotine."
To read more of the Monitoring the Future Press Release and data tables, click here.
