Each year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control conducts the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) to determine an estimated level of tobacco use among middle school and high school students. The CDC has released the results of the 2015 NYTS and included the data from the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 annual surveys in order to detect trends in tobacco use.

Comparing NYTS survey figures from 2011 through 2015, high school students reported that e-cigarette use has increased from 1.5% in 2011 to 16% in 2015, cigarette use significantly declined from 15.8% in 2011 to 9.3% in 2015, smokeless tobacco use has declined from 7.9% in 2011 to 6% in 2015, cigar use has declined significantly from 11.6% in 2011 to 8.6% in 2015, and pipe tobacco use has decline substantially from 4% in 2011 to 1% in 2015.

These findings by the CDC show that the use of traditional combustible and smokeless tobacco products by high school students has declined from 2011 to 2015, with statistically significant reductions in the use of many of these products.