US teens are smoking and vaping less than their peers abroad

Smoking is at a historic low among U.S. kids age 11 to 18. Simon McGill/Moment via Getty Images Smoking and vaping continued to decline among middle school and high school students in 2025, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey, released in July 2026. This annual, school-based survey has been tracking smoking and other nicotine product use in American youth ages 11 to 18 since 1999. Perhaps most excitingly, the survey found that smoking – the…