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E-cigarettes have disrupted a 17-year downward trend in youth tobacco use Why the Rise? Flavors Appeal to Kids Over 60 percent of students who use tobacco reported using menthol or other flavored products Easy Access • Nearly a third of high school e-cigarette users report they got their e-cigarettes from retail outlets, about one in five got them from vape shops The Good News: Less Youth Smoking • Fewer than 10 percent of high-school students now report smoking cigarettes a 70 percent decrease since 2000. Due to high cigarette prices and decades of tobacco prevention efforts, youth cigarette smoking is at an all-time low – but that progress is threatened by the changing tobacco industry. 88% Youth TobaccoUse Rises for First Time in 17 Years What’s Driving This Trend? Explosion of E-Cigarette Use • Nearly one in five high-school students used e-cigarettes in past 30 days • Nearly a 50 percent increase since 2014 • • Aggressive Marketing • Most students (88 percent) have seen ads for e-cigarettes – of those who are heavily exposed on social media, nearly 40 percent use e-cigarettes Changing Landscape • One in three high-school e-cigarette users reported they had used an e-cigarette to vape marijuana or THC oil/wax – Over 26 percent of high-school students surveyed reported using tobacco products in past 30 days SINCE 2000 Proven Strategies to Decrease Tobacco Use: • Increase the price of tobacco products • Increase prevention and cessation funding • Restrict the sale of flavored and menthol tobacco products • Raise the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products to 21 2017 Minnesota Youth Tobacco Survey • www.health.mn.gov/tobacco