--- description: A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found e-cigarette use climbing up to 16% among U.S. teens. title: Teen E-Cigarette Use Has Increased 10-Fold in 4 Years image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Health](/section/health/) ## Health Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Smoking](/tag/smoking/) ## Smoking Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Teen E-Cigarette Use Has Increased 10-Fold in 4 Years  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2016 3:58 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2016 3:58 PM CUT E-cigarette use among teenagers in the United States has drastically increased, according to a report. The [new study](http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6514a1.htm?s%5Fcid=mm6514a1%5Fw "undefined") by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that use of conventional cigarettes has decreased, but the use of e-cigarettes among middle and high school students made a huge jump in just four years between 2011 and 2015\. While regular cigarette use dropped during that time from 15.3% to 9.3% of students, use of e-cigarettes climbed from 1.5% to 16%. The report found that in 2015, just over one quarter of high school students reported using a tobacco product, and e-cigarettes were the most common form. If current smoking rates continue, 5.6 million Americans under age 18 who are alive today are projected to die prematurely from smoking-related diseases. The study was based on written questionnaires from U.S. middle and high school students in public and private schools from 2011 through 2015\. The sample sizes each year ranged from 17,711 to 24,658. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/"},"headline":"Teen E-Cigarette Use Has Increased 10-Fold in 4 Years","datePublished":"2016-04-15T15:58:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:47:34.718Z","description":"But fewer students are smoking regular cigarettes","url":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/","keywords":["Smoking","tobacco","CDC"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/smoking/","name":"Smoking"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/","name":"Teen E-Cigarette Use Has Increased 10-Fold in 4 Years"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"E-cigarettes Banned on Commercial Flights","description":"The U.S. Department of Transportation banned passengers on commercial flights from using e-cigarettes. Mara Montalbano (@Maramontalbano) has more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FTFMeba0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-03-02T22:00:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FTFMeba0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/","duration":"PT39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4296000/tobacco-e-cigarrette-use-increase-teens/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```