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Anti-vaping advertisements and lung injury news coverage helped reverse the trend in teen vaping, which surged from 8.1% in 2017 to a peak of 20% in 2019, before beginning a sustained decline, eventually reaching 5.9% by 2024 Read Full Article #VapingEducation…
🚬 Teen vaping quit attempts nearly doubled from 28.8% (2017-18) to 53.2% (2019-20), driven by public health messaging and news of lung injuries (EVALI).
📢 Awareness of the 2019 lung-injury outbreak was linked to lower susceptibility to vaping among teens who had never vaped.
📰 News coverage of the EVALI outbreak had a stronger impact on reducing vaping interest than paid anti-vaping advertising campaigns.
#TeenVaping #PublicHealth #EVALI
📢 Awareness of the 2019 lung-injury outbreak was linked to lower susceptibility to vaping among teens who had never vaped.
📰 News coverage of the EVALI outbreak had a stronger impact on reducing vaping interest than paid anti-vaping advertising campaigns.
#TeenVaping #PublicHealth #EVALI