The agency says excessive drinking is responsible for more than 3,500 deaths among people under age 21 and more than 100,000 emergency room visits by persons aged 12 to 21 for injuries and other conditions linked to alcohol.
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They create their own anti-smoking campaigns or events as a means to make more and more people aware and encourage them to go tobacco-free
There were also common similarities in reasons to quit vaping and smoking: monetary costs, feelings of being used by the tobacco industry, and dependence on the substance