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Survey: Most US teens are abstaining from drinking, smoking and marijuana

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77% Informative

Two-thirds of 12th graders this year said they hadn't used alcohol, marijuana , cigarettes or e-cigarettes in the previous 30 days .

That's the largest proportion abstaining since the survey started measuring abstinence in 2017 .

The only significant increase occurred in nicotine pouches, up from about 3% in 2023 .

VR Score

90

Informative language

96

Neutral language

67

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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