Monitoring E-Cigarette Use Among Youth

The CDC Foundation and its partners generate timely, scientifically rigorous data to analyze tobacco product retail sales data, evaluate trends in consumer behavior, and provide insights into tobacco use perceptions and behaviors among youth and young adults in the United States.

Since 2019, the Monitoring Tobacco Retail Sales and E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Youth and Young Adults program has provided data for public health leaders, tobacco control professionals, researchers, and policymakers to understand trends in tobacco product use and assess the impact of tobacco control policies, including e-cigarette flavor policies, in a rapidly evolving landscape.

 

Analyze tobacco product retail sales data 

The program uses retail scanner data for thousands of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products on the United States market to identify and analyze key characteristics of different products and rigorously quantify sales in relation to state- and national-level policies. 

 

Assess changes in tobacco-related behaviors and perceptions 

The Tobacco Epidemic Evaluation Network (TEEN+) Study is a nationally representative longitudinal study of youth and young adults in the United States. The online survey assesses changes in tobacco-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among young people in the context of a rapidly changing policy and product landscape.

 

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Explore the data on TobaccoMonitoring.org

The latest data, tools, and research findings from this program are published and updated on TobaccoMonitoring.org.

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Program Description: Since 2019, Monitoring Tobacco Retail Sales and E-Cigarette Use Among U.S. Youth and Young Adults program has generated scientifically defensible and rapidly available data to assess the effectiveness of e-cigarette flavor restriction policies. Program activities include: 1) analyzing retail sales data for e-cigarettes and other tobacco products and 2) implementing surveys to collect timely estimates of e-cigarette use and related behaviors among youth and young adults.
Funding Partners:
  • Bloomberg Philanthropies
Program Partners:
  • Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
  • Truth Initiative
  • Economics for Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Program Location:
  • United States of America