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by lern_too_spel 3002 days ago
You're both citing the same source, but you're comparing 12th grade usage to middle school usage.
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Ah, whelp. I forgot that high school is 9th-12th grade.

Re-reading the high school numbers cigarettes are down 15.8% -> 8.0% (2011-2016) but eCigs are up 1.5% -> 11.3% (2011-2016).

The gains in eCig usage still appear to cancel out the reduction in cigarette usage ("(20.2%) reported current use of some type of tobacco product"). But definitely a less dramatic effect than I originally claimed.

> The gains in eCig usage still appear to cancel out the reduction in cigarette usage

And that's still a significant net victory, given that eCigs don't have the awful health consequences regular cigarettes have.