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 Smokers Who Vape More Likely To Quit Or Cut Back Study Argues Powers Health Vaping now more common than smoking among young people and the risks go beyond lung and brain damage The vape escape Survey shows growing use among operators Overdrive