U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 6, said, according to the latest survey, in 2011 the United States has 4.7 percent of high school students using electronic cigarettes, this proportion increased to 10% by 2012, experts have expressed concern.

"National Youth Tobacco Survey" (National Youth Tobacco Survey), is the nation's annual school grade 6 to grade 12 large-scale survey conducted in adolescents, students interviewed a total of twenty thousand people, the survey highlights include understanding the views of young people on cigarettes, attitudes, habits, and whether supported or opposed to smoking tobacco affect the surrounding environment.

The latest survey data show that in 2011 4.7% of U.S. high school students to use electronic cigarettes, by 2012 this proportion increased to 10%.

Secondary school students to use electronic cigarette ratio, but also from 2011 to 2012 to 1.4% from 2.7%.


Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention Foli Deng (Tom Frieden) said that the proportion of young people using electronic cigarettes increased, the situation is worrying, because nicotine is very addictive, "many began to smoke from electronic cigarettes adolescents, and later may never have struggled nicotine addiction among traditional cigarettes. "