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Flavored e-cigarettes are fueling a dangerous increase in tobacco use

  • Written by Leah Ranney, Director of Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Studies have suggested that teens' perception of risk in these products is influenced by flavor.Diego Cervo/Shutterstock.com

An upsurge in e-cigarette use among middle and high school students occurred nationally between 2011 and 2018, with nearly 21 of every 100 high school students surveyed reporting e-cigarette use in the past 30 days, according...

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