With the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes unknown and serious, even deadly, short-term effects an emerging issue, millions of young people who vape (27.5% of high school students, according to preliminary data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey) are being treated like test subjects
That narrative is further undermined by two prominent tobacco researchers who told Reuters that they explicitly warned Juul's founders and a top company scientist about the potential for youth e-cigarette abuse
"Week 19 2025 Ending 11 May 2025" (pdf)
Over time, however, usage patterns have begun to shift
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Unlike certain other substances, such as opioids or alcohol, weed doesnt suppress vital bodily functions like breathing to the point of causing death