STATEMENT ON 2023 NATIONAL YOUTH TOBACCO SURVEY RESULTS

Underage Use Prevention

November 2, 2023

We are pleased to see continued declines in underage use of all vapor products and JUUL products in particular. These data demonstrate that appropriate restrictions to access and marketing of vapor products work and can lead to meaningful reductions in underage use in a regulated marketplace. The data further show the need to escalate enforcement against the illicit disposable products that now dominate youth use. That enforcement effort, if coupled with market authorizations for products that meet the statutory standard with science and evidence, can unlock the historic opportunity to reduce the deadly harm of combustible cigarettes while continuing to drive down underage use.