Teens Are Vaping More, But The Amount Of Teens Abusing Alcohol And Opioids Has Lowered

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A new study shows that while more teens are vaping than ever, the number of teens binge drinking and using opioids has gone down, USA Today is reporting. The annual Monitoring the Future survey is conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan and funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. A total of 44,482 students from 392 schools were polled this year, and it was discovered that one-in-three high school seniors had vaped in the past year. In addition, almost 21 percent of high school seniors said they had vaped a nicotine product in the past 30 days. This number is 11 percent higher than last year, marking the largest one-year increase of any substance use in the 43 years the survey has been conducted.

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