CDC releases select 2017 NYTS data (on “past 30 day” use), finds
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6722a3.htm
- Past 30 day cigarette smoking among 9th-12th graders declined from 8.0% in 2016 to 7.6% in 2017, from 2.2% to 2.1% among 6th-8th graders, with an overall decline of 5%.
- Past 30 day e-cig use among 9th-12th graders increased from 11.3% in 2016 to 11.7% in 2017, declined from 4.3% to 3.3% among 6th-8th graders, with an overall 3% decline.
- Past 30 day use of any tobacco product, any combustible tobacco product, 2 or more types of tobacco product, cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, hookah and pipe tobacco ALL declined among 9th-12th graders and 6th-8th graders from 2016 to 2017.
- No evidence of any JUUL epidemic among teens (in sharp contrasts to repeated public accusations and condemnations by Big Pharma shills, Congressional Democrats, the largest news media outlets, and by FDA’s Scott Gottlieb).
CDC’s report (above) on selective 2017 NTYS data and CDC’s/FDA’s press release at
www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018/p0607-youth-tobacco-use.html
- Deceitfully conflate infrequent smokefree vaping with daily cigarette smoking (by classifying and referring to both “current tobacco use” and “current tobacco users”).
- Deceitfully classify/define the vaping of nicotine-free flavors, THC flower & oil, and CBD oil as “current tobacco use” and “current tobacco users”.
- Deceptively define/classify some/most “cigar use” and “users” (who smoke cigar blunts containing marijuana) as “current tobacco use” and “current tobacco users”.
- Refuse to acknowledge that cigarette smoking (or tobacco smoking) is far more harmful than using smokefree tobacco or vapor products.
The 2014, 2015 and 2016 NYTS found that nearly half of “current e-cig users” in grades 6-12 reported using an e-cig just “1 or 2 days” of the past 30 days. Meanwhile, detailed analysis of 2015 and 2016 NYTS found that virtually all “frequent” teen e-cig users (i.e. 10 days or more in past 30 days) were former or current smokers, and no more than 0.3% of never smokers reported “frequent” e-cig use (important facts that CDC has NOT reported, and has instead tried to bury).
www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/surveys/nyts/data/index.html
ntr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/12/24/ntr.ntw388
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074937971831626X
The CDC NYTS has found the following since 2011:
“Past 30 day” cigarette smoking by high school students (9th-12th grade):
2011 – 15.8%
2012 – 14.0%
2013 – 12.7%
2014 – 9.5%
2015 – 9.3%
2016 – 8.0%
2017 – 7.6%
Cigarette Smoking by High School Students – 52% decline from 2011 to 2017
“Past 30 day” e-cig use by high school students (9th–12th grade):
2011 – 1.5%
2012 – 2.8%
2013 – 4.5%
2014 – 13.4%
2015 – 16.0%
2016 – 11.3%
2017 – 11.7%
“Past 30 day” cigarette smoking by middle school students (6th–8th grade):
2011 – 4.3%
2012 – 3.5%
2013 – 2.9%
2014 – 2.5%
2015 – 2.3%
2016 – 2.2%
2017 – 2.1%
Cigarette Smoking by Middle School Students – 51% decline from 2011 to 2017
“Past 30 day” e-cig use by middle school students (6th– 8th grade):
2011 – .6%
2012 – 1.1%
2013 – 1.1%
2014 – 3.9%
2015 – 5.3%
2016 – 4.3%
2017 – 3.3%
Bill Godshall
Executive Director
Smokefree Pennsylvania
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