Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Call this youth crisis what it is: A Juuling epidemic

Almost daily, educators across the country tell me that at least half of their students use electronic cigarettes, mainly the Juul brand. Many of these young people show clear signs of addiction. They are agitated, emotional and unable to sit through an entire class period. They often need to leave class to "take a puff."

National data about the pervasiveness of e-cigarettes show that it increased nearly 80% among high school students from 2017 to 2018. One in 5 report currently vaping.

But the vaping habit can start even earlier. Use among middle school students

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times4 min readAmerican Government
Nuclear Waste Storage At Yucca Mountain Could Roil Nevada US Senate Race
LOS ANGELES -- More than 3.5 million pounds of highly radioactive nuclear waste is buried on a coastal bluff just south of Orange County, California, near an idyllic beach name-checked in the Beach Boys' iconic "Surfin' U.S.A." Spent fuel rods from t
Los Angeles Times4 min read
Geopolitics And The Winner Of This Season's 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
TAIPEI, Taiwan — To hundreds of thousands of fans around the world who watched this season's finale of the hit reality show "RuPaul's Drag Race," the final plea for victory from one of the contestants wasn't especially memorable. "It would mean a lot
Los Angeles Times5 min readPoverty & Homelessness
Monthly Payments Of $1,000 Could Get Thousands Of Homeless People Off The Streets, Researchers Say
LOS ANGELES -- A monthly payment of $750 to $1,000 would allow thousands of the city's homeless people to find informal housing, living in boarding homes, in shared apartments and with family and friends, according to a policy brief by four prominent

Related Books & Audiobooks