About 90 percent of the students who reported vaping said they used flavored products, citing favorites that tasted like fruit and candy.
Public health experts also linked other state and local flavor bans and education campaigns to the falling high school vaping rate, which is the lowest in nearly a decade.
In all, about 2.1 million middle and high school students reported using e-cigarettes, down from 2.5 million last year.
While the agency has authorized about two dozen vaping products for sale, thousands of illicit candy-colored flavored vapes have flooded the country and are top sellers.
Other researchers noted that the combined general use of tobacco products by middle and high school students barely fell, to 10 percent this year from 11 percent last year.
Persons:
vaping, Juul, Brian King, There’s, Dr, Neff, “, ” Dr, ”, Karen Knudsen
Organizations:
Public, ., Food and Drug Administration, Federal, University of Southern, American Cancer Society
Locations:
California, University of Southern California