The American Lung Association’s “State of Tobacco Control 2016” sounds the alarm about the troubling increase of youth tobacco use in our nation. While significant progress has been made in reducing youth cigarette smoking—an almost 42 percent decline in high school smoking rates since 2011—youth use of other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and hookah, is skyrocketing. This report finds that the significant

Social smoking is popular among youth and young adults. People who smoke only in social settings typically do not consider themselves to be smokers; thus, they feel they are protected from the harms of smoking. Think again!