PSYC 412 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Emotional Contagion, Peer Pressure, Jargon
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Nearly 15. 5 % of all adults in us smoke. Smoking is single greatest cause of preventable death. Smoking enhances the harmful effects of other risk factors, such as high cholesterol, stress, trauma, being thin, and depression. Cigarette smoking in the us peaked in the early 1960s. From then to now number of us smokers declined steadily. Battery-operated vaporizes that simulate smoking without burning tobacco. Number of middle and high school students using ecigs rose from 2. 1 million in 2017 to. Tobacco product use among high school students from 2018 to 2019. Use of most tobacco products have decreased or stayed same for highschool students in past year. Only exception is ecigs which have risen from 20% to 27% Vaping: prevalence in young adults aged 19-22 years. Nicotine vaping doubled in college and non-college young adults from about 6% to 13% Marijuana vaping doubled among college young adults frorm 5% to 11%
