The Georgia Department of Public Health 
Youth Electronic Cigarette Smoking 2013 Data Summary 
Students Who Have Tried Smoking E-cigarettes  Approximately 8.4% (32,400) of middle school students and 15.7% (72,900) of high school students in Georgia say they have tried smoking electronic cigarettes (ecigarettes), even one or two puffs.  About 9.5% (18,600) of male middle school students and 7.3% (13,800) of female middle school students say they have tried smoking e-cigarettes.  Male high school students in Georgia (19.0%; 44,300) were more likely than female high school students (12.2%; 28,000) to say they've tried smoking ecigarettes.  Use of e-cigarettes increased with grade level (Figure 1).  Black middle school students (9.9%; 14,200) were slightly more likely to have tried smoking e-cigarettes than white middle school students (7.0%; 11,800).  White high school students (21.8%; 45,400) were significantly more likely to have tried smoking e-cigarettes than black high school students (10.1%; 17,600).  Trying e-cigarettes was not different by ethnicity for middle or high school students. 
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 Youth Electronic Cigarette Smoking, 2013 
Students Who Currently Smoke E-cigarettes 
 About 4.0% (15,200) of middle school students and 8.6% (39,300) of high school students in Georgia currently smoke e-cigarettes (defined as having smoked e-cigarettes during the past 30 days). 
 About 5.0% (9,700) of male middle school students currently smoke ecigarettes, while 2.9% (5,500) of female middle school students currently smoke e-cigarettes. 
 Approximately 9.8% (22,600) of male high school students currently smoke e-cigarettes and 7.0% (16,000) of female high school students currently smoke e-cigarettes. 
 Current e-cigarette smoking did not differ by grade level.  Approximately 7.2% (3,400) of Hispanic high school students currently 
smoke e-cigarettes, while about 8.6% (35,000) of non-Hispanic high school students smoke e-cigarettes. 
 Current e-cigarette smoking was higher among white high school students 
(10.2%; 21,000) than among black high school students (6.2%; 10,600) (Figure 2). 
 
 
Data Source: 2013 Georgia Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) 
 
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