Summary
Teen drug, alcohol, and tobacco use in the U.S. continues to decline, with record-low usage levels reported in 2023, according to the University of Michigan’s Monitoring the Future survey.
Among 12th graders, 66% reported no recent use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, while 80% of 10th graders and 90% of 8th graders avoided these substances entirely.
Experts attribute the decline partly to reduced peer pressure during the pandemic.
However, nicotine pouch use has doubled among 12th graders, raising concerns.
Despite pop culture’s glamorization of smoking, teen cigarette use remains low.
Just better at hiding it. From my employees I hear all sorts of harder drugs going around than when I was in the same school
Are you implying that kids today are more likely to lie on anonymous surveys than past generations? That is a mind-boggling assertion. What makes you think that?
because if the survey was done on school computers the students likely know/assume the computer has administrative spyware on it. I know this because when I took a similar survey to this at my school the known spyware program was still running while we took the “anonymous” survey.
No one in their right mind should trust anonymous surveys taken on computers that a known surveillance agency controls.
Huh? It’s a survey
Sure, they could be lying, but why would they?
And your employee anecdotal stories mean zilch
I lied on those “anonymous” drug use surveys in highschool even when they were hand written because I was worried they would match the way I full in bubbles with a test I had my name on or something. (Maybe I was a little nuts back then…) I’m sure those surveys are now done via an email link on your own devices or some shit. Why wouldn’t they lie?
Does this include vaping? I hope that’s also declining as well
Among 12th graders, 66% reported no recent use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, while 80% of 10th graders and 90% of 8th graders avoided these substances entirely
I would say yes.
I’ve been told vaping and e-cigs are different, idk if e-cigs in this post include vapes or not tho
Youths these days suck, where is this world going
Can’t afford it probably 🤷♂️
Most studies found that raising cigarette prices through increased taxes is a highly effective measure for reducing smoking among youth, young adults, and persons of low socioeconomic status. However, there is a striking lack of evidence about the impact of increasing cigarette prices on smoking behavior in heavy/long-term smokers, persons with a dual diagnosis and Aboriginals. nih
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
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According to my school people would just hand them out on the streets for you.
Man. Your citys drug dealers are so nice! And also so stupid. That’s not a sustainable business model at all.
I know old people who go to the mall, do a lap around the food court, get a free sample on a toothpick of all the fast food in the food court, and call it lunch. They never actually buy any.
They don’t want to admit that its because legal recreational pot usage is on the rise as a safer alternative to nicotine and alcohol
Who’s “they”? This is a university study, not one sponsored by Budweiser/Marlboro.
Also, they didn’t bother separating based on legality, but did research marijuana use and no, it’s not on the rise:
The results show that a whopping 66% of 12th graders reported no use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the past 30 days. This is the highest abstinence rate recorded since the survey began tracking it in 2017.
Also surprising is that marijuana usage among teens is declining – despite a notable upward trend for adults across the US.
