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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Making things easily available increases their rates of use

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28850065/

ASH surveys showed a rise in the prevalence of ever use of e-cigarettes from 7% (2016) to 11% (2017) but prevalence of regular use did not change remaining at 1%. In summary, surveys across the UK show a consistent pattern: most e-cigarette experimentation does not turn into regular use, and levels of regular use in young people who have never smoked remain very low.

Except it doesn't. Vapes are super easy for kids to get, yet somehow they don't stick with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/7995/CDC-reports-confirm-benefits-of-raising-tobacco?autologincheck=redirected

reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found people who started smoking before age 21 are more likely to have a high nicotine dependence, and raising the age to buy tobacco to 21 impacts the sale of such products.

found average monthly cigarette sales in Hawaii dropped about 4.4% following the new law. California sales declined 11.7%, and mainland sales dropped 10.6%.