Teen use of Tobacco
Tobacco use is started and established primarily during adolescence.
Fact.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/index.htm
Mental Health does not affect children from 14-18.
An estimated 160,000 U.S. children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students.
Fact.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov
Fewer students in twelfth grade who have college plans reported using marijuana in the past 30 days than students who have no college plans.
Most teens use snapchat more than instagram or twitter.
Fact.
Teens overwhelmingly choose Snapchat as their main social media site
E-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes.
Fiction.
Data out today in Pediatrics finds that teens who used e-cigarettes had up to three times greater amounts of five volatile organic compounds (carcinogens) in their urine compared to teens who did not use e-cigarettes at all. Teens using fruit flavored e-cigarette products, often the preferred choices for teens, produced significantly higher levels of acrylonitrile (a volatile organic compound, known to be toxic). Teens who used both e-cigs and tobacco cigs had even higher levels of the carcinogens overall.
https://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/e-cigarette-studies-teens-bust-safety-myths/
Children 14 and older with mental illnesses are 10% more likely to drop out of school.
Fiction.
37% of students with a mental health condition age 14 and older drop out of school—the highest dropout rate of any disability group.
64% of children who were bullied did not report it.
Fact.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov:
Marijuana is not addictive.
Fiction.
In 2018, teens have reported that they enjoyed in person communication less than in 2012.
Fact.
In 2012, 49% of teens reported that they enjoyed in person communication, while in 2018, 32% of teens reported that they enjoyed in person communication.
Texting is the preferred communication now at 35%.
From 2011 to 2017, current cigarette smoking declined among middle and high school students.
Fact.
https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/index.htm
15% of kids have been threatened online.
Fiction.
35% of kids have been threatened online.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov:
Marijuana use may precede depression.
Fact.
Research shows girls (ages 14-15) who used marijuana daily were 5 times more likely to face depression at age 21. Daily use in young women was associated with an over five-fold increase in the odds of reporting a state of depression and anxiety.
23% of teens agree that social media has taken away from time they could spend with friends in person.
Fiction.
30.7 percent of e-cig users started smoking within 6 months while 8.1 percent of non users started smoking. Smoking includes combustible tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, and hookahs).
Fact.
Teen e-cig users are more likely to start smoking.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/infographics/teens-e-cigarettes
Bullies will eventually grow out of being a bully.
Fiction.
Bullies often go on to perpetrate violence later in life: 40% of boys identified as bullies in grades 6 through 9 had three or more arrests by age 30.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov:
Marijuana is safe if
you are behind the wheel.
FICTION.
Marijuana is the most common illegal drug involved in auto fatalities.5
Marijuana is found in the blood of approximately 14 percent of drivers who die in car crashes, often in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
NIDA (2015). Marijuana: Facts for Teens. Retrieved February 16, 2017, from www.drugabuse.gov/publications/marijuana-facts teens. National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes
of Health; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
77% of all teens agree that using social media often distracts them when they should be doing homework
Fiction.
Only 50% of e-cigs use nicotine. E-cigs are mostly comprised of flavoring.
Fiction.
A recent study found that 98.7 percent of all e-cigarette products sold at convenience stores, supermarkets and similar outlets contain nicotine. Yet, many young people aren’t aware that the products they use contain nicotine. In fact, 60 percent of teens incorrectly reported e-cigarettes as being comprised of mostly flavoring.
https://truthinitiative.org/news/e-cigarettes-facts-stats-and-regulations
When bystanders intervene, bullying stops within 10 seconds 57% of the time.
Fact.
According to the National Education Association, PACER Center, and StopBullying.gov
Past-year use of marijuana reached its lowest levels in more than two decades among 8th and 10th graders in 2016 and has since remained stable.
Fact.
Daily, past-month, past-year, and lifetime marijuana use declined among 8th graders and remains unchanged among 10th and 12th graders compared to five years ago, despite the changing state marijuana laws during this time period.
1 in 5 teens drivers say they check notifications at least sometimes.