Table 4.
Table with the Estimated Current, Frequent, and Daily E-cigarette use Prevalence among Youth in the United States as Estimated by the National Youth Tobacco Survey and the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
| Current use | Daily use | Frequent use (≥20 days) | Daily use among current users | Frequent use among current users (≥20 days) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National youth tobacco survey | Middle school | High school | Middle school | High school | Middle school | High school | Middle school | High school | Middle school | High school |
| 2011 | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | 1.5 (1.2–2.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012 | 1.1 (0.9–1.5) | 2.8 (2.3–3.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013 | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) | 4.5 (3.8–5.3) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2014 | 3.9 (3.0–5.0) | 13.4 (11.2–16.1) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 1.3 (0.9–1.9) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 2.1 (1.5–2.9) | 7.9 (5.4–11.4) | 9.7 (7.5–12.5) | 11.8 (8.2–16.7) | 15.5 (12.7–18.8) |
| 2015 | 5.3 (4.6–6.2) | 16.0 (14.1–18) | 0.4 (0.3–0.6) | 1.7 (1.3–2.1) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | 2.5 (2.0–3.2) | 7.1 (5.1–9.8) | 10.2 (8.4–12.4) | 11.7 (8.6–15.8) | 15.5 (12.9–18.4) |
| 2016 | 4.3 (3.7–4.9) | 11.3 (9.9–12.9) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 1.6 (1.3–2.0) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) | 2.1 (1.7–2.5) | 11.0 (7.2–16.6) | 13.4 (11.0–16.2) | 14.9 (10.6–20.7) | 17.5 (14.9–20.4) |
| 2017 | 3.3 (2.8–3.9) | 11.7 (9.7–13.9) | 0.4 (0.2–0.6) | 1.6 (1.2–2.3) | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) | 2.5 (1.8–3.4) | 8.9 (5.8–13.4) | 13.4 (10.1–17.6) | 12.9 (9.1–18.1) | 20.0 (15.8–25.0) |
| 2018 | 4.9 (4.2–5.8) | 20.8 (18.8–22.9) | 0.7 (0.5–1.0) | 4.0 (3.4–4.7) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | 6.0 (5.1–7.0) | 12.5 (9.4–16.5) | 18.3 (16.0–21.0) | 16.2 (12.8–20.3) | 27.7 (24.7–30.9) |
| 2019 | 10.5 (9.4–11.8) | 27.5 (25.3–29.7) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | 5.9 (4.9–7.0) | 1.9 (1.5–2.4) | 9.4 (8.0–10.9) | 8.8 (6.9–11.2) | 21.4 (19.0–24.0) | 18 (15.2–21.2) | 34.2 (31.2–37.3) |
| 2020 | 4.7 (3.6–6.0) | 19.6 (17.2–22.2) | 0.4 (0.3–0.7) | 4.4 (3.5–5.6) | 0.9 (0.7–1.2) | 7.6 (6.2–9.3) | 9.4 (5.6–15.2) | 22.5 (19.0–26.4) | 20 (16.0–24.8) | 38.9 (35.2–42.6) |
| 2021a | 2.8 (2.2–3.4) | 11.3 (9.7–13.0) | 0.2 (0.15–0.35) | 3.1 (2.5–3.8) | 0.5 (0.3–0.7) | 4.9 (4.1–5.9) | 8.3 (5.6–12.0) | 27.6 (24.3–31.2) | 17.2 (12.8–22.6) | 43.6 (39.0–48.2) |
| 2022a | 3.3 (2.6–4.2) | 14.1 (12.4–16.0) | – | – | – | – | 11.7 (8.0–16.7) | 30.1 (26.6–33.9) | 20.8 (15.8–26.8) | 46.0 (41.6–50.4) |
| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System | Middle School | High School | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | – | 24.0 (21.9–26.3) | – | 2.0 (1.6–2.5) | – | 3.0 (2.4–3.6) | – | 8.2 (6.8–9.8) | – | 12.3 (10.6–14.2) |
| 2017 | – | 13.2 (11.5–15.1) | – | 2.4 (2.0–3.0) | – | 3.3 (2.6–4.2) | – | 18.4 (15.7–21.4) | – | 25.1 (21.3–29.5) |
| 2019 | – | 32.7 (30.4–35.1) | – | 7.2 (6.1–8.4) | – | 10.7 (9.4–12.1) | – | 21.9 (19.6–24.4) | – | 32.6 (30.0–35.2) |
a
The changes in the administration and data collection procedures for the NYTS due to the COVID-19 pandemic limits the ability to compare estimates from 2021 to 2022 with those from prior NYTS years.