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The New York State Health Department is urging youth to quit vaping, providing new educational materials to schools, just days after school districts in Saratoga County shared information with parents ...

Although youth vaping is at its lowest point in a decade nationally, the practice continues to be common in Louisiana schools, where nearly 1 in 5 middle schoolers and 1 in 3 high schoolers vape. With ...

Louisiana has one of the highest rates of teen vaping in the country. In 2023, 30% of high school students in Louisiana reported using e-cigarettes in the past month, compared with 17% of high ...