Vaping Percentages

• Use: 8.0% of youth (13–17 years) and 16.9% of young adults (18–28 years) report current e-cigarette use, defined as using at least once in the past 30 days. • Among those who report currently using e-cigarettes, 18.2% of youth and 38.1% of young adults reported daily use. Source: Tobacco Epidemic Evaluation Network (TEEN+) Study, published May 2026.
• In 2025, about 2 million, or 7.2 percent, of U.S. high school and middle school students reported current use of any tobacco product. Additionally, 2.7 percent reported current use of multiple tobacco products, and 2.6 percent reported use of any combusted tobacco products. Among the youth surveyed, the most commonly used tobacco product categories are as follows:
  • 5.2 percent reported current use of e-cigarette products
  • 1.7 percent reported current use of nicotine pouch products
  • 1.4 percent reported current use of cigarettes
  • Source: NYTS 2025
• Half of teens try to quit vaping
• Vaping nicotine vs. weed: Among people aged 12 or older who vaped any substance in the past month, 71.1% vaped nicotine, 40.1% vaped marijuana, and 19.2% vaped flavoring.
• A study published in Tobacco Control suggests that “teens and young adults who use cannabis may be significantly more likely to become regular tobacco users later on.” According to the study, “cannabis use among youth may be responsible for roughly 13% of new cases of regular tobacco use in the United States.” Researchers found that “among the younger respondents, age 12 to 17, 32.7% of those who used cannabis had become regular tobacco users by 2021, about 15 percentage points higher than their peers who did not use cannabis.”
• Among adults in Wisconsin:

Sources:

1. Tobacco Epidemic Evaluation Network (TEEN+) Study, published May 2026.
2. NYTS 2025.
3. SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health (released March 2023, based on 2021 data)
4. On Nov. 2, 2023, the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released data from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) on tobacco product use among U.S. youth.
5. JAMA Network Open.
6. Tobacco Control.

For more national stats, see the FDA page.