Among the special concerns of the youth coalition members is a perceived deprioritization of health in our schools.
Tag: e-cigarettes
Opening the Weedgates, Part VII: Youth at risk
Four years ago, 70 percent of South Berkshire 12th-graders reported having used marijuana at least once, and 41 percent reported use within the past month. In 2019, those numbers are 52 percent and 36 percent respectively.
‘JUUL’ of the Housatonic: Vaping seen as ‘epidemic’ in Southern Berkshire schools
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that e-cigarette use has increased almost 80 percent among high schoolers and 50 percent among middle schoolers since last year.
Sheffield Board of Health schedules meeting to address e-cigarette use among youth
In his letter Dennis Sears writes: “We cannot wait and must take steps now, as e-cigarette use rose 77 percent among high schoolers and 50 percent among middle schoolers so far in 2018.”