University of Hawaii (UH) Cancer Center researcher Scott Okamoto has been awarded a $2.8 million grant to develop and implement a high school prevention program for youth e-cigarettes. A 2019 survey reported that about 31 percent of high school students in Hawaii regularly smoke e-cigarettes, the state Department of Health said. About 18 percent of students said they also regularly smoke e-cigarettes, and that percentage was higher on neighboring islands, where it was nearly 36 percent on Kauai and Maui, the report noted.
The survey showed that the majority of youth e-cigarette smokers were girls, 33.9 percent in the past 30 days, compared to 27.4 percent of males. In addition, a higher percentage of female high school students had smoked e-cigarettes in the past 30 days, 20.2 percent, compared to 15.2 percent of male students. For this reason, the UH Cancer Center was awarded a grant to propose an intervention.
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