Vaping has overtaken cigarettes as the dominant nicotine risk for young people. The 2025 Monitoring the Future survey of 24,000+ US students confirms what schools have been seeing for years: 31% of Young people who vape are 3 times more likely to take up smoking cigarettes. Vaping can lead to lung damage and can be harmful for young brains, which are still developing until Vaping on the rise in U.S., especially among young people Pew Research Center Young People Who Smoke And Vape Are More Likely To Get Coronavirus Is Vaping Better Than Smoking? American Heart Association Study shows how many people both smoke and vape as trend rises Daily Record